For Chuck

[SASKFARMER3]

Or one big nuke plant in Northern Sask would generate alot of power for Sask.

[shtferbrains]

If it works for you, go for it.

But don't ask me to help pay for it.

[SASKFARMER3]

I agree if any one wants to lower their home bills cover your roof but you pay for it if its so cheap. Not the rest of us.

[chuckChuck]

Chuck you have no Clue.

My power bill in Florida is lower than my power bill in Regina and its the same size home.

Here is a question you need to answer to make your statement mean something. How many kwh do you use per year in Florida and in Regina? What is the rate you pay per kwh in both locations all in electricity, taxes, and delivery?

[chuckChuck]

I agree if any one wants to lower their home bills cover your roof but you pay for it if its so cheap. Not the rest of us.

Farms pay less for electricity in Saskatchewan than what city and town residents pay, but the actual cost of delivering electricity to farms is higher. Farms are being subsidized by the majority of Saskpower customers.

[Hamloc]

So all this time the argument that alternative energy doesn't work in our cold winter climate was a bit bogus? Should have been more worried all along about it's ability to cool houses in warmer climates? Maybe it's an even better fit if that's the case? guys with lots of sun generating enough to power their AC and those with less sun in winter have less need for it anyway?

First off Grassfarmer as I showed back in Feb. the only large solar farm in Alberta produced no power through the month, but as the weather warmed up in the March it did come back online confirming that it was snow cover in Feb. causing the zero production. As I look today I see all the windmill farms are producing at 7% of capacity. In my case I consume roughly 3 times as much power in January as I do in July so you are wrong again.

The part that fascinates me is this arguement of battery storage with solar. In the winter where I live (central alberta) on a perfect winter day I will get almost 8 hrs. of sunlight so I would run off batteries for 16 hrs. So first I would put up enough panels to supply my consumption during the day. Then I would put up twice as many panels to charge the batteries to last through the night. So in reality if I needed 20 panels to meet my needs during the day, I would need 60 panels and accompanying storage for 24 hrs. This would also apply to commercial generation by solar as well, in the winter some panel production would be for immediate consumption the rest for charging batteries. And for those of you unhappy that China isn't buying our grain, China supplies pretty well all the solar panels sold in western Canada. Enjoy your day.

[shtferbrains]

Farms pay less for electricity in Saskatchewan than what city and town residents pay, but the actual cost of delivering electricity to farms is higher. Farms are being subsidized by the majority of Saskpower customers.

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning.

So if SF3 wrote a cheque today for a $100K solar grid tie system he could send the bill to some program and thank Grassfarmer for helping him pay for it?

Did I help pay for your set up?

[Guest]

If it works for you, go for it.

But don't ask me to help pay for it.

that's the problem , all you tree huggers want your solar and wind so you can go around telling everyone how smart you are , but you want us to pay our bills and part of yours also
go for it , just don't expect to be subsidized

[farmaholic]

Apparently someone in the neighboring community is getting into selling solar systems. Possibly even someone in my own hometown.

Service, warranty, cost, ROI payback?

[Horse]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

[Guest]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

I doubt it , that one made sense
did they have to subsidize tractors , do you recall?

[shtferbrains]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

Perfect example Horse.

The more well to do farmers were the first to adopt the early tractors.

The guys who didn't chose to buy stuck with Horses and the those that coudn't afford bought used when they came to a price they thought was right for them.

The laggards that stayed with the Horse eventually bought them when they had no doubt about there value to them.

Free enterprise at it's finest. No government involvement..

Still lots of Horses out there. Nobody had to dispose of them and tear down the barn.