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Solar Power update (part 8)
Read more: Solar Power update (part 8)(continued from part 7) So here we are. February 2010. We had our solar array online for close to a year now. What are the first year impressions of our life with a 1.2kw solar array in our front yard? First, if you read the initial installment of my solar power posts you will notice […]
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Solar Power (part 4)
Read more: Solar Power (part 4)(continued from part 3) As a we are waiting to go operational I have some time to ponder the pros and cons of my $15,000 investment, alternative energies in general and solar in particular. Despite my feeling of doing something good for the environment and (maybe) for our bottom line I know that this technology […]
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Solar Power (part 1)
Read more: Solar Power (part 1)In the last year or so the term ‘alternative power’ has really come to the forefront again. High fuel prices, talk about peak oil and dirty coal. Good thing, too, because we need to talk about it. Especially during 2008 I kept getting emails from countless action groups and organizations such as the Sierra Club […]