Comments on: 7 Solar Power Myths Put to Shame

By: Solar Myths Debunked | Colorado Solar Energy Solutions

Solar Myths Debunked | Colorado Solar Energy Solutions — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:14:36 +0000

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By: Achaeos

Achaeos — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:49:39 +0000

This is all great although I see an issue or two with your post, that isn’t what my comment is about.
The question is how does one find out the numbers? How much will it cost me to install and maintain a solar power system that can provide all my energy in my not-always-sunny location. I need indisputable sources of this information.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:21:37 +0000

The current “American Dream’ lifestyle cannot be supported by any other than the “Cheap Oil Age” which is rapidly drawing to and end, as The Asian Fact competes with a highly valued Yuan against the drastically devalued American dollar for what oil remains on earth! The alterations must be made to the “American Dream” in a severe paradigm shift in America over the next few decades that will cause gut wrenching, soul searching, mind bending changes to every single American citizen, and challenge their very existence even in the new form of American to come, a super-insulation using, Earth Arc survivalist shelter housed, vegan, with smaller, lighter, battery cars, an electric bullet train transport system, Nuclear fueled, Solar powered, Tidal and Hydro juiced, Wind power sipping, group of sustainability worshiping folk, clinging to few of the old “ideals” from the past “Cheap Oil Age” and using a new currency tied to a new International Currency controlled by many countries for stability and thief proofing from fiat money printers of a past age! Solar will certainly dominate the smaller country-side collections of humble scavenger folk, the remnants of the once great hulking American Neanderthal, world dominator, now forced into extinction by his own voracious high calorie diet and lack of resources to feed it, now found only in small pockets in an America reduced to rubble by Capitalism’s flight to greener fields and higher ROI’s in Asia – To witness the beginnings of this rot in America go here for yourself and SEE: http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/09/detroit-and-the-100-dollar-house/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 The Solar Power now being wasted in the South Western Deserts of a Solar Power Rich America could save the very nation that fritters away its last few dollars clearing the way in Afghanistan for a Halliburton(Dubai) pipeline to Turkmenistan’s oil fields, to yield OPEC controlled oil and to receive in turn the same as the Iraq adventure did! The same money invested in Solar Thermal plants at home can yield Perpetual Solar Power! – for as long as the sun shines! Never to run dry, like oil fields do! But: The great stubborn ox, the Great Hulking American Neanderthal, who is facing his extinction from Asian competition, in his desperation reaches for his Military, his only tool, the thick-minded fool, and goes to war in far-away places for Arab Princes, as mercenaries, to resolve his hunger at home! No! I didn’t write that last bit wrong! This is exactly what is transpiring as we speak! Solar the answer in his back yard, he seeks oil he can never fully own, on the far side of the earth! His logic, not mine! The oil addicted asshole to the world!

By: Harrison

Harrison — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:00:17 +0000

Your myth 7 is a little bit off. It would certainly require a substantial amount of knowledge to build a photovoltaic system from scratch, but all it takes to fix damaged panels is to use an ammeter to identify working cells and the solder the working cells back together. This is something I could have done years ago when I was in high school.

The second issue is that the picture you show is a solar hot water heater. That implementation, or a truly passive solar heater, are things that can easily be constructed at home by your typical DIYer. Passive solar is incredibly basic, and old, technology. Simple South facing windows are the most basic form of passive solar systems.

Otherwise a good article. The energy information administration conducting a study and found that PV panels offset their production energy and emissions in 6-7 years, though if you found a study that says 1 year I’m happy to accept that.

By: Nth Degree Solar Energy Solutions

Nth Degree Solar Energy Solutions — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:54:37 +0000

A fine work on solar myths. More and more people are waking up to the fact that solar on their home or business makes good business sense as well as being green.

This myth busting takes a good whack at setting that straight. Very well written article, not some spam SEO crap. Great Job!

By: Colorado Solar Panels

Colorado Solar Panels — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:44 +0000

This is a great blog post. Solar power has been getting so much publicity lately that it seems people are looking for ways to bash this great form of renewable energy. Exposing these myths for what they are is one of the needed steps to increase wide scale adoption of solar power.
Great blog post – we’ve bookmarked it and we’ll be back for more!

By: James

James — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:14:55 +0000

Been using solar electric for 30 years now and I can honestly say it does work. Same output today as when I installed it. I started with 500 watts in 1981 and that section still makes 500 watts. It has worked so well I added another 2000 watts two years ago so now I am close to 0 watts from the grid. I live in North Arkansas now . When I lived in Alaska we installed solar power to our remote telcom sits and it works well there to.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:52:20 +0000

Yehey for Solar Energy! It’s true that solar energy does have the least capacity to harm the environment unlike other alternative sources of energy that may indirectly disturb ecological balances.