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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 1218029" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Solar energy concepts are something I like. Ocean current turbines too. We are simply not there yet. Solar hot water is great. But solar electricity requires battery technology that is not yet developed. I can go out and buy 10 deep cycle batteries and a good inverter to power a barn. A few years from now I have to replace those batteries and pay to have the old ones recycled. Their capacity is not sufficient to provide all my power needs once they are charged. </p><p></p><p>There is some extensive research of pumping water up to a reservoir with the sun and then using the gravity feed to spin turbines and produce electricity on an as needed basis. The process has merit on a large scale but most of us cannot just go out and buy a reservoir with enough gravity feed to sufficiently spin a turbine etc. Out here on prairies we would have to go to overhead tanks and such. Not cost effective. </p><p></p><p>I have used camping solar water heaters for taking showers. I found myself having to put ice in the water to cool it down enough to take a shower. I left it in the sun too long apparently. Solar water heating has merit indeed based on my experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 1218029, member: 3162"] Solar energy concepts are something I like. Ocean current turbines too. We are simply not there yet. Solar hot water is great. But solar electricity requires battery technology that is not yet developed. I can go out and buy 10 deep cycle batteries and a good inverter to power a barn. A few years from now I have to replace those batteries and pay to have the old ones recycled. Their capacity is not sufficient to provide all my power needs once they are charged. There is some extensive research of pumping water up to a reservoir with the sun and then using the gravity feed to spin turbines and produce electricity on an as needed basis. The process has merit on a large scale but most of us cannot just go out and buy a reservoir with enough gravity feed to sufficiently spin a turbine etc. Out here on prairies we would have to go to overhead tanks and such. Not cost effective. I have used camping solar water heaters for taking showers. I found myself having to put ice in the water to cool it down enough to take a shower. I left it in the sun too long apparently. Solar water heating has merit indeed based on my experiences. [/QUOTE]
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