i was not under the belief that was all they were doing

But, is there any reason why you can just crack a window instead of freezing the balls off everyone else?




Ah, -Cal-i-for-ni-a....energy crisis?! NO wai.

Keep up with the adding of solar panels to all new housing developments...that should continue to help things in that state.

i nailed all the windows shut because i'm a paranoid bastard

i love solar panels and the green house movement. why is that not mandatory for all new housing developments all across the country!

i'd think they'd be high maintainance... friend has one that works his living room lights, and it doesn't work half the time.

Cost and maintenance. Not only do you have to worry about the panels but you also have the battery system to keep up with.

I don't know....it's mind-boggling, really. The sun rises and it sets every single day. Free energy going to waste.

My future house will have solar panels and a green-house (fuck you Techsans for all the impending hippie comments!).

but yet you were so impressed by them from that website. *sigh*


And other systems don't have any cost or maintenance to them?

i think a green house is an awesome idea. i'd like to have them. the hippy comments come from all the pot you'd be growing in said greenhouse.... hippy


::squint::

I very much want to do the same, with a large garden as well. Self sustaining is not a bad thing.

There are couple of volunteer farms/gardens in Austin I would suggest you visit, they're pretty cool enterprises.

Oh no...see, I would flamethrower all found pot in the area(except for a supply of government hydro to cultivate and sell to the ex-trust-fund-hippies in the apocalypse).

I just like the taste of truly fresh veggies, namely tomatoes....*drooooool*

those are portable versions that have been reinforced to handle constant moving. also a much simpler device than the ones installed on houses... i approve of them and the house versions, but they need to freaking work

No there are costs associated with every system but with photovoltaics the costs are significantly higher with a lot more maintenance. There is also the danger of batteries leaking or completely losing charge.

This isn't about safety, it's about government control. Throw me into the foil hat group with Lance if you must, but they'll put this in under the guise of safety and then use it as some "wonderful" new California greenie bill and want everyone else to follow suit. If they really wanted to monitor this stuff and be able to shut off certain people for safety, they can already do it. If you don't pay your elec bill, you get shut off, it doesn't take that much more for someone to look at how much electricity you use. Your HVAC determines 80% of your electric bill anyways.

flame within close proximity to hallucinagenic plants doesn't seem like one of your brightest plans... and i can guarantee that the first thing people are gonna plan to grow is pot in the apocalypse. too many new orleans Heiniken stealing chimps out there to think that people would focus on prioritys first and foremost...