I once seen a small presentation on The Discovery Channel about a man in California who was once paying $800 a month for electricity bills, so he invested $10,000 to install solar panels on his roof.
Now during the days, unless he is using a high-consumption device (like the oven or clothes dryer) he is actually producing more energy then he is using. His electric meter will actually run backwards, selling electricicty back to the electric company for others to use.
His average electric bill is now less than $100, and his investment should pay itself off in 3 years.
Now, imagine if a large number of houses had solar panels like that in cities? Less demand for energy means less fuels being expended to produce it, ergo, less pollution.
What irks me most about all these energy and pollution debates is that as it is now, we do have the means and technologies to drastically cut both if society really tried to change.
But society doesn't want to change. *sigh* Society will only want to change when it's already too late.
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Date: 2005-06-12 07:02 pm (UTC)Now during the days, unless he is using a high-consumption device (like the oven or clothes dryer) he is actually producing more energy then he is using. His electric meter will actually run backwards, selling electricicty back to the electric company for others to use.
His average electric bill is now less than $100, and his investment should pay itself off in 3 years.
Now, imagine if a large number of houses had solar panels like that in cities? Less demand for energy means less fuels being expended to produce it, ergo, less pollution.
What irks me most about all these energy and pollution debates is that as it is now, we do have the means and technologies to drastically cut both if society really tried to change.
But society doesn't want to change. *sigh* Society will only want to change when it's already too late.