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  • From: machett AT ibiblio.org
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] solar power
  • Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:56:27 -0500

continuing the thread...

Someone pointed out to me that the investment in solar is a rather long-term
one. The cost of converting to solar is several thousand dollars. The
average annual power bill is several hundred dollars (or around a grand, if
you really burn the juice). Just to balance (recoup) those costs would take
6-10 years, depending. Not being a homeowner, someone else will have to tell
me by how much that timeframe would be adjusted considering tax credits...?

and I just remembered an article from the November issue of Architecture
magazine (another hobby):

http://www.architecturemag.com/architecture/search/search_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1773414

"Science Fair
Architecture and engineering students push the envelope of solar design under
the nose of an oil-friendly administration.

NOVEMBER 10, 2002 -- Fourteen teams of architecture and engineering students
gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in late September for the
first-ever Solar Decathlon, a 10-day competitive exposition of solar-energy
technologies applied to homebuilding. The student teams had worked for about
15 months researching, fundraising, and designing thei houses, which were
laid out along a makeshift street between the Washington Monument and the
U.S. Capitol. They had dealt with broken pumps and leaking pipes—not to
mention the permits involved in hauling 20-ton houses from as far away as
Colorado, Texas, and Puerto Rico. But the real test came the day the
demonstration village opened: It poured.

..."

--Alan




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