tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26744483.post6909251615618786745..comments2023-12-30T19:42:59.088-08:00Comments on Adventures in Fuel Economy, Energy Use, Physics, and Life: Going renewable (part 2)King of the Roadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26744483.post-30158736961869192762013-02-11T16:31:45.355-08:002013-02-11T16:31:45.355-08:00Today, you can install PV on a south
facing roof, ...Today, you can install PV on a south<br />facing roof, fixed, no tracking for<br />$1/watt. <br /><br />That is you can install 8Kwe for $8,000<br />without storage.<br /><br />Were you to change your appliances to<br />more efficient ones, you could run your house on 4Kwe, halving the size of the<br />array and halving the cost.<br /><br />It seems to me that you miss the key half of the renewables equation, namely efficiency.<br /><br />INDYDr. George W. Opriskohttp://www.publicresearchinstitute.orgnoreply@blogger.com