Originally Posted By: Hankster
Solar power has been held back by costs. It's still about three times more expensive than electricity produced by natural gas, according to estimates by the Energy Information Administration.


My brother installed solar atop his place in San Jose and it paid for itself within three years.

And that's AFTER it was done heating his house, pool, and hot tub. Too bad he had to sell it for a fixer-upper in La Jolla, because I was getting spoiled by the good Dim Sum in SFO and Fenton's in OAK.

Food in SD County kinda blows. Too many hillbilly sailors from Bumfuck, Arkansas.

WA is a better bet for wind turbines, because of the low azimuth of the sun 9 months out of the year and just generally crappier weather.