...be trotting out the old water-powered car anecdotes, next. I...dependency on oil by promoting solar power. To that end, he...homeowners who wanted to go solar, knowing full well that without...million in sales of solar water heaters. After the tax credits...generation from fossil fuels to solar by 2010. Reagan shelved it...the $700 million funding for solar energy research claiming that it...

...true.  There's the option of hydroelectricity, wind, nuclear, and solar plants being added to the grid. They ...get the loan to cover the cost of installation of solar or other alternative forms of energy. I remember doing some house shopping, when we looked at a house that had an old solar water heater on the roof from the seventies. The thing was so heavy it would've taken ...

... which compared to the difference in the output in solar radiation between active and quiet period is probably minor, ... the geothermal energy that's there. - as well as solar, tidal, hydrodynamic (in the few places where we can),... and growing most of our own fruit and some of our own vegetables, solar water heater, propane stove, no heating, no a/c. Start with : eat local. - I remember...

... goes into the amortization dollars that pays for the solar water heater through its avoided opportunity costs? not quite. I was thinking that the solar panels trap solar energy (mostly heat and light) and make the water hot. Guess again. Most solar hot water heaters burn gasoline. There are normally three primary components to any energy delivery system:...

...>> energy in the form it arrives in is solar water heating. You mean like the gasoline that goes into the amortization dollars that pays for the solar water heater through its avoided opportunity costs? not quite. I was thinking that the solar panels trap solar energy (mostly heat and light) and make the water hot. Once again, it is ESSENTIAL in any rational...

...stuff we regularly use is... about the only thing that uses energy in the form it arrives in is solar water heating. You mean like the gasoline that goes into the amortization dollars that pays for the solar water heater through its avoided opportunity costs? Once again, it is ESSENTIAL in any rational energy discussion to draw a distinction...

...a modern conventional house with just a few additional modern amenities such as solar water heating and passive climate control. This place has some nice units. ... mean "green". In the case of solar water heating it means "protecting my wallet ... of a lot more than a solar water heater. It's something for the future....

...>>> said: Combined with a tankless water heater that only heats on demand,... fixed amount of heat into the water as it flows through. On a...much warmer), so the on demand heater always acts like it's .... But do the on-demand heaters take into account how hot the incoming water is and adjust accordingly? I ... is used with a solar preheat system, an extra thermostat to ...

..., why don't I have solar water heating assist? Hm.. why ... Use collectors that you run water through to heat it directly.... you have to run your water through a heat exchanger, but ... protect against contamination of your water (heat transfer fluid transfers heat ... like a sunroom that has water tanks worked into the design.... Combined with a tankless water heater that only heats on demand,...

... potential of giving you free hot water, if not use use an eletrict hot water heater to heat your water off your solar system. ... to use power off the grid. Solar - solar panels being used to generate...in this country imagine the savings. Solar powered street lighting - Have you ever noticed those solar powered emergency phones out on some highways... ...