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mrf901

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13. any solar-neighborhood backup system, would be swamped by demand

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:56 PM

Nov 2012

a solar-suplied microgrid would be great for
LED lights, charging cell phones,
and other lifesaving needs.

but that is not how life works.
someone will demand to wash clothes
or run the A/C, thus ruining it for eveyrone.

somebody always thinks they are more
deserving that everyone else.

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How Solar-Based Microgrids Could Bring Power to Millions [View all] OKIsItJustMe Nov 2012 OP

Our power company put up solar panels throughout our neighborhood. lalalu Nov 2012 #1

�I thought those darn things would help generate back up power.� OKIsItJustMe Nov 2012 #2

In other words lalalu Nov 2012 #3

Andrew Cuomo laid things out nicely OKIsItJustMe Nov 2012 #4

I will give him credit. lalalu Nov 2012 #5

He also has not minced words regarding climate change OKIsItJustMe Nov 2012 #6

True lalalu Nov 2012 #7

You can make the same case against cheapskate homeowners ...... oldhippie Nov 2012 #8

Maybe we homeowners wouldn't be such lalalu Nov 2012 #9

Property taxes pay for the services citizens demand oldhippie Nov 2012 #10

In New Jersey we pay a lot. lalalu Nov 2012 #11

I am in Texas and we have our own electric grid ...... oldhippie Nov 2012 #12

any solar-neighborhood backup system, would be swamped by demand mrf901 Nov 2012 #13

And *that* is a critical point ... Nihil Nov 2012 #14