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Word to Obama: Solar Still Sucks

wildmann Wrote: Apr 05, 2012 11:27 AM

Rural America ran for YEARS, on Wind Power!! Haven't you ever seen the oil rig-looking towers with a multi bladed Prop and a tail fin?? with a logo that read Aer-Motor??? These windmills pumped water, and/or ran Wind-Chargers, [Generators]. They charged a Battery Bank which powered the Farm on D.C. current. These things lasted damned near Forever, and provided Free [almost ] electricity. There are other versions on large and small Sailing vessels, which regularly cross the Oceans, and get Free power from the Wind. Solar however apparently is not so dependable.

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Lastinline2 Wrote: Apr 05, 2012 12:34 PM

Yes there are some smaller 'rural residential' power generators out there that work, but for those with utilities supplied to their homes they aren't more economical than standard power on any front. The cost per kilowatt is significantly more based on high initial cost and ongoing maintenance such as replacing batteries. This is nowhere near 'almost free'.

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LEVI3 Wrote: Apr 05, 2012 11:47 AM

You're obviously not a farmer or rancher. Never gotten up at daylight and gone to bed after the chickens. Hauled water in a bucket from that wind mill filled trough that the cows been drinking from. Want to go back to the good ole days? Help your self! They were tough.

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Word to Obama: Solar Still Sucks

If you thought solar sucked last week, it sucks even more now that Solar Trust of America has filed for bankruptcy. The name is kind of fitting in the ironic and Orwellian fashion we’ve come to expect from the Obama administration. The name symbolizes the bankruptcy of Obama’s energy policy: solar… trust… America. Oxymoron, with the emphasis on moron. If it weren’t this close {ß}to being a tragedy, we could all laugh.

“Solar Trust of America LLC, which holds the development rights for the world's largest solar power project,” reports Reuters, “on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection after its...