[GFG]

Thanks ALF

[atula]

We at our home are using a solar panel for heating water. The overhead tank is connected to the panel with a tube through which waater passes in this and gets heated up. So the hot water that we get in our bathrooms is actually solar heated. This is a big save on electricity bills.
Even at night the water is quite warm.

[mrs.tinsley]

No, but I think a solar powered house would fix a lot of energy problems!

[fourx]

I've been running a home on four panels for almost 20 years now, since 1988- a self-designed and self-built home involvoing passive solar principles in the design, which makes for a very comfortable and very cheap to run home.

[pt49]

Flat silicon PV panels are expensive per square meter and very inefficient. An Australian owned company is about to go public with an IPO in Germany with a new type of solar power system. It uses a parabolic system to concentrate the suns energy, and is not using silicon PV cells.

They will be able to power an average western home for less than ½ the price of a conventional flat panel system.

[treehugger773]

Are there any solar chargers that are strong enough to charge a laptop?

More Earth. Less Waste. - Home

[pt49]

treehugger is a spammer

[mollyL]

Unfortunately, we are renting at the moment; when we move into more permanent digs, we will definitely go solar as much as possible. My hubby (mostly) and I have done some research on the subject, and it is sounding better and better!

[offdagrid]

I have been living off grid for about ten years now and live quite comfortably on solar/wind system I never gave a thought to Pay back time. for me not being under a corperate thumb is why I went to solar.

[horselover]

Great to hear it offdagrid. Nice to see people making an impact in environmental awareness.

I live in an apartment too, so I really can't do anything.