On 28/04/2008, at 12:36 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > Charlie Bell wrote: >> >> Yeah. The point of solar hot water is it's so cheap, and pays for >> itself very quickly (3 - 5 years) if it's installed in a new house. >> So >> while it'll never amount to a huge percentage, it's still an >> inexpensive way of saving a significant amount of energy. So, like >> mandating loft and wall insulation and double-glazing (and rainwater >> tanks) these are small but significant contributions that everyone >> can >> do. Reducing the total energy consumption of a house by 15 - 20% is a >> lot of energy that you don't need to generate! >> > <sarcasm> > Yeah, place every single family of the 6 Giga humans in houses > with solar power... This would be very friendly to the environment! > </sarcasm> > > Seriously, if we want to save the planet, domestic solar power should > be banned! People should live and work in the smallest possible area, > and it means packing families in huge buildings.
Solar hot water, not solar electric. Black pipes in a glass cabinet on the roof. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
