Dave44
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Frank, I would love to get more independent of the grid myself! But from what I have looked at recouping the cost is pretty close to impossible( because I like bathing, heat or A/C, and a warm meal).
But one of the biggest problems that I see, besides the low efficiency, the batteries are so limited. And if you look at the overreach of the EPA, CDC and the FDA, you have to wonder what the plans are for these used batteries. Think they may be worse on the environment than the new light bulbs?(they require hazmat if you break them don't they?) So if i look at how government wants to drive the economy I keep hearing this; " under my idea of cap and trade, energy prices would necessarily skyrocket". The reason being, to make an ineffecient design more pallateble by unnecessarily raising prices on the proven, cheap sources of energy.
Sounds great, Who is going to be hurt the most by this concept? Think it will be the companies that someone said this about; " I am not saying you can't use coal for power, I am simply saying that if you do it will bankrupt you to do so". Nope, it will be the small guys, you and I, people in the middle will bear this transitional cost farce!
I don't know if you heard, but at one point there was a plan to pulverize the silicon so that there was more surface area, and making tinted windows with it! Imagine! Your windows generating electricity! I love the promise, but I have to be practical, and the government seldom gets it right when they try to force something!
There are great things on the horizon, my friend! I remember my first microwave, and my first computer. And even the first useful calculators! But it takes time to develop from a building doing simple math to a handheld device, and they are not ready yet. When they are, you and I will have the means, unless it comes with some need we could not account for.
Yep, I said it. I only pooh the idea because it is nowhere near feasible. But my land and house are ready when the technology is! As long as the Gov doesn't try to force harmful or non working ideas on us!
But one of the biggest problems that I see, besides the low efficiency, the batteries are so limited. And if you look at the overreach of the EPA, CDC and the FDA, you have to wonder what the plans are for these used batteries. Think they may be worse on the environment than the new light bulbs?(they require hazmat if you break them don't they?) So if i look at how government wants to drive the economy I keep hearing this; " under my idea of cap and trade, energy prices would necessarily skyrocket". The reason being, to make an ineffecient design more pallateble by unnecessarily raising prices on the proven, cheap sources of energy.
Sounds great, Who is going to be hurt the most by this concept? Think it will be the companies that someone said this about; " I am not saying you can't use coal for power, I am simply saying that if you do it will bankrupt you to do so". Nope, it will be the small guys, you and I, people in the middle will bear this transitional cost farce!
I don't know if you heard, but at one point there was a plan to pulverize the silicon so that there was more surface area, and making tinted windows with it! Imagine! Your windows generating electricity! I love the promise, but I have to be practical, and the government seldom gets it right when they try to force something!
There are great things on the horizon, my friend! I remember my first microwave, and my first computer. And even the first useful calculators! But it takes time to develop from a building doing simple math to a handheld device, and they are not ready yet. When they are, you and I will have the means, unless it comes with some need we could not account for.
Yep, I said it. I only pooh the idea because it is nowhere near feasible. But my land and house are ready when the technology is! As long as the Gov doesn't try to force harmful or non working ideas on us!
