This just in from resident Net Zero House expert and Edmonton green leader Bob Heath:
The latest issue of Home Power magazine has an article entitled "Blast From The Past" written by Martin Holladay. He tested a 33 watt PV module that he had bought in 1980 for $275.00 US. He found that the module was still performing at better than factory spec. A quote from the article - "A PV cell is a rock that makes electricity."
Another quote from the same issue of HP - "A PV module is the closest thing we have to perpetual motion [and] is the most reliable electric generator in the known universe." —Joel Davidson, SOLutions in Solar Electricity
Germany will install 6,000,000 kilowatts of PV modules this year. Shouldn’t we Albertans also be investing in these en masse in order to make our electricity supply more resilient (not to mention greener) in a future of declining fossil fuel availability?
Even at an energy alternative focused school like NAIT they push the importance of the Oil Industry on us. "without the consumption of oil you probably won't have job opportunities in Alberta.
It's a sad reality... but hard to disagree that our entire economy is revolving around the price of a barrel.
Or is it? Maybe the general population is being told that regardless of Environmental need.
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