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To: i-node who wrote (616701)	6/20/2011 12:08:06 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575450

The real joke is, even if you install them and reduce your usage, the power company has a minimum threshold amount to keep your account open! If too many do it they will raise rates to compensate as most have guarantees on what they make. The problem is the amt of power it takes to run things like a A/C. Compressor start up takes 2-3 or more times the running current draw. Also, try to put up a wind generator in your yard. Code enforsement will be right out.

To: i-node who wrote (616701)	6/20/2011 12:14:22 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1575450

So, you think people in large numbers are going to install these eyesores on the tops of their houses at a cost of 10 or 20K to get 4-6 hours/day of PART of the electricity they require? Eyesores? I think they are "beautiful"...I see one and think what a patriot live there...and YES...people are doing just that...at $8-$10 per watt...now give them $1.5W and look out. One of these 4kW panels will run a water heater. Three of them will run an electric range. One will run a small a/c unit. So paint the absolute worst case scenario and then double it and we have your characterizations... Which is the reason nobody else is doing it. I keep forgetting that you live in Arkansas... Al