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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6547)	10/20/2007 7:28:18 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24225

Larry Hagman is a peak oiler: A storied life In September, you and Ted Turner were keynote speakers at Solar Power 2007. I read that you own one of the largest personal solar installations in California, one that generates more electricity than you use in your home. Is your interest in solar energy business or environmentalism or both? It may be the largest solar installation (of its kind) in the world. My interest is survival. Not that I'm going to live that long - I'm 76 years old. People just don't seem to realize that the end of oil is right next door. In about 15 years, you'll have to make a decision to eat or run the air conditioning. It will come to that. In 2004-2005, I paid $37,000 in electricity for my farm, and in '05 to '06, I paid $13. Initially, it cost $750,000 to put in, but the electric company paid me $310,000. So, it will pay for itself in five or six years. (Then, Hagman recommended reading the book “The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil,” by James Howard Kunstler. grandforksherald.com