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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I went and spoke to their City Council and said “For $50,000 a house I’ll put in solar AND battery systems and take you off the grid. If you’re going to do it, take the homes off the grid. That’s pretty mean to the rest of the grid. Oh yeah, it’s just coming up with that big up front check in this economy that’s the tough part.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Deffeyes "The Party's Over", by Richard Heinberg "Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg, 2004 "The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons Return to top Copyright © 2005-2009 Plug In America. htm Advocates of the Th!

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Analysts Say No First Up for Google Ventures: Silver Spring’s Smart Grid » Comments & Trackbacks I don’t want to wait for my car to charge. With our current economy, I guess it’s no longer a secret that politicians and executives running our country are not very good at simple math.