This baffles me. I see so many questions about what is solar power, over and over. This has to be one of the most basic of green conversations. It can be found all over the Internet.
I suppose what really baffles me is that they talk, but hardly anyone ever goes in their backyard to really build a system. Do you really know anyone who has actually put up a PV array? Perhaps built a thermal heater? A water heater?
It always seems to be the most ideal discussion, but no one really ever tries it. No one can really afford PV, but they talk like it’s the perfect silver bullet. Just tack them up, and start enjoying the renewables, minus the hook up and installation that a professional almost has to complete.
I think the questions should be, I want to build a system, what’s the quickest, simplest way, and not be told to go to Mother Earth News right away. That is a great site, but no practical knowledge is ever really shed right here.
