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French farmer is new sun king
Posted: 25 Feb 2009, 05:53
by Aurora
Reuters - 24/02/09
Bright winter sun dissolves a blanket of snow on barn roofs to reveal a bold new sideline for Jean-Luc Westphal: besides producing eggs and grains, he is to generate solar power for thousands of homes.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2009, 09:00
by DominicJ
Solar panels are likely to be expensive for a while then.
Posted: 02 Mar 2009, 07:35
by sjaglin
Solar Panels ARE expensive, Very expensive but :
- What are your savings making at the moment? (if any of course...)
- People at the power don't seem to take drastic measure or make daring decisions, can't we show them how it is done?
- I spent about a third of my hard earned savings for my panels, but blimme, even if it might only start to pay in 15 20 years, in the meantime I realised a lifetime dream and when the sun shines I look at all these empty roofs and think what a waste!
Stef
Posted: 31 Mar 2009, 21:51
by fifthcolumn
Might be worthwhile learning French then innit.
Posted: 01 Apr 2009, 16:19
by RenewableCandy
fifthcolumn wrote:Might be worthwhile learning French then innit.
I should cocoa if you're in Canada! (Or are you a long way away from the French bit?). I can see it now..."Au secours! Ma femme veut me tuer avec une hache!" (sorry couldn't resist
)
Posted: 01 Apr 2009, 18:26
by RevdTess
sjaglin wrote:Solar Panels ARE expensive, Very expensive but :
- What are your savings making at the moment? (if any of course...)
Very good point. I must do some return-on-investment calculations for solar pv vs my savings...
Posted: 01 Apr 2009, 23:00
by fifthcolumn
RenewableCandy wrote:fifthcolumn wrote:Might be worthwhile learning French then innit.
I should cocoa if you're in Canada! (Or are you a long way away from the French bit?). I can see it now..."Au secours! Ma femme veut me tuer avec une hache!" (sorry couldn't resist
)
n'est pas probleme. je pu ecrire un peu mais je n' pas comprendre le parler.
In any event I'm a lot further from the fake frogs in quebec than you are from the real ones. In terms of distance, you're closer to Baghdad than I am to that lot.
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 10:19
by sjaglin
fifthcolumn wrote:Might be worthwhile learning French then innit.
Well, as I am French I don't have much efforts to do, although after 11 years, I am finding it hard to find my words.
About the investment side of things, the solar hot water system is a short time investment, it will pay itself in less than 10 years (5-7) then it's pure benefit. For the PV the term is much longer, but I think at the moment people who install PV on their house do it in a more "green" reason rather that financial, although both are not incompatible...
Stef