An oil spill creates a morass of slimy oil that kills birds and fish, befouls beaches and destroys our environment.
A nuclear energy leak releases deadly radiation that contaminates for millennia and can kill thousands of people, maybe millions.
A solar energy leak is what we call a nice “sunny day.”
When we got our solar panels 14 years ago, people told us it was not really viable. We have not paid a monthly electric bill in 14 years. Even after we later added the first and then the second electric car, we still produce more energy than we consume. No monthly electric bill; no cost to “fill up” our cars. At the time we got our system installed, in 2007 just before the Bush economic crash of 2008, when property values were high before Bush collapsed them (and Obama recovered them), we were able to refinance the house with an excellent 30-year fixed with a much lower interest rate. Even after taking out the cash to buy the solar panels (outright purchase; no lease), we LOWERED THE HOUSE PAYMENT, eliminated the electric bill and, when we later added the electric cars, could just smile and wave as we drove past the guy changing the prices at the gas station.
To all those who used to say it wasn’t feasible, I used to point to the metaphor of the engineer who has the mathematical proofs that a bumblebee is not aerodynamic enough to actually fly. Yet the bumblebee that hovers in front of him seems to be laughing.
When we started, it was a novelty. Now that many millions more people have joined us and enjoy the same benefits, I don’t seem to hear that “not feasible” argument any more. I think it was only “not feasible” because the Big Carbon companies couldn’t figure out a way to monopolize the sun.
An oil spill creates a morass of slimy oil that kills birds and fish, befouls beaches and destroys our environment.
A nuclear energy leak releases deadly radiation that contaminates for millennia and can kill thousands of people, maybe millions.
A solar energy leak is what we call a nice “sunny day.”
When we got our solar panels 14 years ago, people told us it was not really viable. We have not paid a monthly electric bill in 14 years. Even after we later added the first and then the second electric car, we still produce more energy than we consume. No monthly electric bill; no cost to “fill up” our cars. At the time we got our system installed, in 2007 just before the Bush economic crash of 2008, when property values were high before Bush collapsed them (and Obama recovered them), we were able to refinance the house with an excellent 30-year fixed with a much lower interest rate. Even after taking out the cash to buy the solar panels (outright purchase; no lease), we LOWERED THE HOUSE PAYMENT, eliminated the electric bill and, when we later added the electric cars, could just smile and wave as we drove past the guy changing the prices at the gas station.
To all those who used to say it wasn’t feasible, I used to point to the metaphor of the engineer who has the mathematical proofs that a bumblebee is not aerodynamic enough to actually fly. Yet the bumblebee that hovers in front of him seems to be laughing.
When we started, it was a novelty. Now that many millions more people have joined us and enjoy the same benefits, I don’t seem to hear that “not feasible” argument any more. I think it was only “not feasible” because the Big Carbon companies couldn’t figure out a way to monopolize the sun.