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glass (75%), followed by polymer (10%), aluminum (8%), silicon (5%), copper (1%) and small amounts of silver, tin, lead, and other metals and components. Lead and tin, if leached into soil and groundwater cause health and environmental concerns, while copper, silver, and silicon present a value opportunity if recovered efficiently.
If you think a small amount of lead and tin is very toxic, you’ll be horrified by coal plants.
Perusing the state sponsored electricity provider site, powertochoose.org, I find 100% renewable electricity can be obtained by homeowners in my zip code for less than .10 per kWH.
Perusing the state sponsored electricity provider site, powertochoose.org, I find 100% renewable electricity can be obtained by homeowners in my zip code for less than .10 per kWH.
Have you looked at the connection into your meter and ever noticed the dedicated renewable energy line that is there? Because if you don’t have one of those you will have to be under the assumption you are getting your energy from the same place as everybody else is.
The OP's summary is lacking, there must be more details. Most solar systems have an upfront cost but there is a long term pay back, need to see the specifics.
It really depends upon what you use if it will pay for itself. The battery pack is what kills you, that and the inverter. If you dont use a lot of power then it is an expensive endeavor. Mine paid for itself in about 6 or 7 years.
Green is a good idea and it is a win win deal for everyone. I am certain you had people in the day that hated cars, electricity, and street lights.
It really depends upon what you use if it will pay for itself. The battery pack is what kills you, that and the inverter. If you dont use a lot of power then it is an expensive endeavor. Mine paid for itself in about 6 or 7 years.
Green is a good idea and it is a win win deal for everyone. I am certain you had people in the day that hated cars, electricity, and street lights.
Well that is my point, there is a pay back period, the OP just made it sound like they wanted him to pay an increased cost of 25% to go solar. Needs more specifics.
Well that is my point, there is a pay back period, the OP just made it sound like they wanted him to pay an increased cost of 25% to go solar. Needs more specifics.
It is not even that -- this is called "push polling." Common in politics, and used by unethical corporations as a sort of phony marketing.
By pre-polluting the minds of the customer base, this utility which probably wants to stick with its old, paid for, polluting systems, wants their customers to believe that if the utility switches to Solar PV - the utility will "have" to raise the price.
The entire concept is fake. Putting Silicon Solar PV into a Grid system makes the reliability go up and the costs go DOWN. So. Who would not want that to happen?
It sounds to me that your electric company needs to build a transmission line to hook up the windmill's power to the grid.
That's a very common problem with wind generation. The wind power company gets a bunch of windmills up and running, but has no way to move the power from the wind field to the big power grid where the power is distributed.
You would think something like this is all worked out first, but it's not. Wind generation is like oil wildcatting; sometimes its the company that gets to the field first that counts, and then the 'pipe' to carry the power is assumed to come later.
Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. There are always some people who don't want high-power electric lines running through their back yard. Those folks can stop a transmission line cold.
Have you looked at the connection into your meter and ever noticed the dedicated renewable energy line that is there? Because if you don’t have one of those you will have to be under the assumption you are getting your energy from the same place as everybody else is.
We have had smart meters for years.
The trouble in unregulated electricity market Texas, we could not sell our solar generated power back to the grid. Now we can and I see more and more solar panels on roofs in my neighborhood.
But wind is so good, the Chinese are buying up ranch land in the windy areas to generate electricity.
DH did some work for a company that has small roof mounted wind generators. When we all had wood shingle roofs, we also had those whirly things that drew the heat out of the attic. I wonder why those can't be modified to produce electricity. Just need batteries to store it. That's the problem. Expense.
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