From the Blog
I’ve often written rebuttals to the design and energy sectors want to “go Green.” From it’s start with solor water heating, none of it has really worked well, lasted very long or achieved the benefits that the companies, including the energy companies such as PG&E touted.
Attic fans were a big deal in the 70′s They were to help take some of the burden off of the air conditioning system by sucking out hot air in the attic and by negative pressure, suck in outside air through the attic vents. First of all a ten or twelve inch fan isn’t going to do much with trying to pull air out of an attic space of a 1,500 – 2,000 sqft home (average size back them). What happen was that not only did the air conditionaer run, so did the attic fan with a net increase of power.
There were many “programs” to help you install these through the local power companies.
These days there are many firms now offereing to install solar panels on your roof. Many for “free.” The facts are that solar technology, especially in small applications ois expensive. The average [cost] of a small killowatt system for a home averages in the thirty to fifty thousand dollar range. Remember, this isn’t completely erasing you from the power grid. It is providing power back in to the grid durring certain times of the day and year when the system is at it’s peak operation. Of course that means that during those times the energy sent back in to the system, or simply not taken benefits you in that your panels are helping or even powering a good portion of your energy consumption for those few hours.
The installation of these systems for a reasonable price is made is made possible by the rebates one receives from the the energy company (passed through from government subsidies), the manufacturer (passed through from government subsidies) and also from the government itself. Just look at your tax forms filed every year on April 15th.
In essence the government is paying out a lot of “rebates” for all of that “green energy.” But wait, the government doesn’t really have their own money do they? They have your money don’t they. Now with Solyndra they have more of your money.
The next time you consider going to one of those now popular seminars, or read articles such as “Tops in Green” think about who is really paying for it, your clients all.
