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One way to do solar; instead of huge solar farms, place solar panels on the roofs of homes in the sun belt. You get a vast reduction in transfer lines as well as the clean energy.
I saw a program on the discovery channel recently about solar power. It stated that a) Germany is at the forefront of solar panel technology, and b) if you lived in an area that had a lot of direct sunlight, you could put a couple of panels on your roof, and supply yourself all the energy your house needed per day and have enough extra power to sell it to your neighbour.
If i could afford the initial outlay i would be intersted in something like this.
I live in the north east and we are far from being a very sunny area but I would install solar panels if I could afford the initial out lay as well. Even if it didn't supply all my power I am sure it would supply enough to cut my bills WAY down. I had a friend who used to heat his pool (my friends dad actually, this was probably 25 or more years ago) with nothing but solar power. He had a couple coils of black plastic pipe like you see in wells leading to the pump, about 2" or 3" in dia. They were about 5' to 6' across and the water came out really hot.
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