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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:53:45 +1000, "ant" <dont-look@evil.spam> wrote:

>my real point was that the electricity utility could do the things i was
>talking about, home roof top installed and utility owned solar panels are
>already happening in America. also if you look at the amount of solar
>energy falling on your average roof and the efficiency of the current
>generation of solar cells i think the figure is about %50 coverage in
>America and %30 in Australia and the homes energy needs are met.
>
>redox batteries and fuel cells are already in use, redox batteries have
>potential to allow people to purchase all of their power at off peak rates
>and then use that energy as required, the batteries are efficient enough
>and recycle their electrolyte, no need to understand how it works, as most
>people dont understand how a microwave oven or dishwasher works i cant see
>lack of skill being an issue, if it breaks you just call one of the
>manufactures recommended service suppliers.
>
>the public is willing to pay more for true clean power. now that the
>mechanisms are in place to allow consumers to chose where their power is
>soured from, i doubt that this style of energy selling will become popular
>in America as people will be able to chose not to take power from the
>nuclear generating facilities. already demand for clean power is far
>outstripping supply, they cant build the wind farms fast enough. plans are
>already underway to implement the scheme i outlined earlier, as it is a way
>of increasing generating capacity without purchasing more land.
>
>
>
>ant

Ant is living in a dream world.  He invents solar power systems in his
imagination, then demands that it is all real, and that the utilities
are planning to install the systems any day now.  Ant's fevered
delusions are kicked along by Australia's Sustainable Energy
Development Authority, which is conning people into believing that by
spending a few dollars extra each quarter, that they are buying green
power.  In reality, the extra money goes to buy a trickle of power
from expensive experimental systems, required to meet our Kyoto
commitments.  I read in the paper a few days ago, that the system is
failing to provide even a fraction of the energy required to meet our
commitments.

Of course it is technically possible to build a solar-powered house,
independent of the grid.  The problem is that it is too expensive.
Ant could do it now, but he won't because he can't afford it.  His
dream involves nameless, faceless engineers in overalls, installing
his clean power system free-of-charge.  No doubt each day the men in
overalls fail to appear, he blames people like me, because of my lack
of faith in his solar dreamworld.

Keep posting, ant.  What you say often enough and loud enough, people
will come to believe.


...Greig