Denim Deb
More Precious than Rubies
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I'll have to check it out later.
Everything I've read about solar, it doesn't seem to be worth the expense. And if the stuff hits the fan, as @CrealCritter says, you've got about 5 years before they give up. It costs a lot environmentally to make the parts too.
I'd rather enjoy the grid as long as it works, with non-electric backups. If my grandparents could live in a non-electric world, so can I.
Way back when, in CA, there was some kind of scandal (forgive me, I've forgotten exactly what it was) that caused our power costs to really spike. The first thing I did was go through the house and change out all the incandescent lights with cfl (which was all that was available at the time). Just doing that lowered our bill by 50%. We have since moved to LED's and power costs went down again.
When we moved to our current house, we needed all the big appliances (totally empty house!) and one thing I got was a Sun Frost refrigerator. This baby sips electricity, very economical- something like 15 KWH per month. In 17years of use, we've only had one small repair needed- the door latch broke- which cost $30. I wish all my appliances were as great as this one!