dpb wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 12/4/2008 3:13 PM Pete C. spake thus:

As for the greenie who babbled about the sun and it being inexhaustible
- wrong, it will run out of energy one day too.

Since that was me, let me say how idiotic that objection is. It (the
sun) *is* inexhaustable for all intents and purposes, since when the
sun finally does go out, the game's over for all of us.

The problem is it still isn't connected to the grid in any
cost-effective manner that can contribute more than fractional
percentages of demand and it doesn't appear likely that that can change
within any near term horizon.

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Only if you think in terms of electricity. We should have been building
all houses with at least some passive solar capability for the last 30
years. It ain't rocket science or gee-whiz tech- the sunnier,
less-electrified parts of the world have been taking advantage of the
sun for thousands of years. Electric and gas have simply been so damn
cheap since central HVAC for the masses came along, that nobody bothered
to think about it. Build the house right, and you can reduce your need
for electric and gas a bunch.

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aem sends...