Main story. http://www.startribune.com/local/112486579.html
The environmental math challenge is showing here. We can save $1,330 per year for a system that cost $61,670 and have a 10 year payback. Maybe the Star should buy the author a calculator to check facts. I have installed large solar projects and I am invested in a wind company through family ownership. Solar and wind are both great tools where you don't have an electric line running. When you use wind to supplement available electric you are paying 20 times the cost for the additional electricity. As far as heating water for showers ect, a good rule of thumb is that the solar will heat water 15 degrees higher then the outside temperature. A shower on a sunny 60 degree day with 75 degree water may not be very comfortable. Remember, these are your tax dollars being squandered here and they are being thrown away on these useless, feel good projects.
posted by notaxmax on Dec. 27, 10 at 8:16 AM
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