Ideal Bite

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Most Unfortunately for the future prospects of small wind the wildly effective marketing of rooftop mounted machines in the totally unproductive wind zone of an urban / suburban setting (say "trees") to a completely uneducated public will likely create such damage to public perception of the that it will be like the solar thermal debacle of the Carter tax rebate days. the answer to all this nonsense? Do like the Germans did: Production Incentives - give people signif. $ for the energy actually produced by these sustems, rather than for upfront of system installation cost .

Don't we have to be concerned with killing or injuring birds if we put a windmill on our suburban roof?

So often your tips hit home for me, but when it comes to "wanna try" - mostly they are American and I wish there was a touch of Canada too... j

I went to a "Sustainability Conference" in Berkeley, CA, which was presented by students. I learned a few new things, and one of them being that taking a bath is a terrible waste of water. I can't quote the "facts", but sorry you bath-lovers, taking a bath as opposed to a shower is using alotta watta!

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I love the idea of the installation of mini wind mills. Do you know if these fall under any state or federal incentives right now? I noticed that someone blogged about the unlikelihood of installing them on suburban roofs. I hate to say it, but I believe they are right. However, I think that we tend to focus on the need for renewable energy in cities and suburbia and forget about the number of people who live in the other, more remote locations. For example, think of the single farmhouses/barns in the middle of large agriculture areas throughout the mid-West. Also, consider all the ranch homes scattered across the windy plains of Montana and Wyoming. The energy consumption from these individuals is equivalent to the energy consumption of a house in suburbia, so why not target these people for the installation of renewable energy… If these people were EDUCATED about the benefits of wind power (or solar power for that matter), and the state or federal government provided incentives to help these people purchase and install renewable energy, perhaps interest in this type of power would grow and grid consumption would be reduced! I’ve never looked at the statistics of remote buildings across America, but I have a feeling the numbers could add up. The only problem is … how do we get people interested? Our education system about renewables must expand so that energy conservation becomes a TREND across America. Can this happen? Will it happen? I hope so.