Infrastructure and Emergency Shelters

Larry » 05 November 2007 » In Citizen Response, Clean Energy, Emergency Power Systems, Energy, Shelter, Solar, Wind Power »

If every elementary school in the country had a Photovoltaic Solar system installed onthe roof, then in a ‘Katirina like event’ each school would be an emergency shelter with power. If terrorists took one out, there’d be another one a short distance away.

Solar Panels work when the sun shines. Period!

The money we are spending on the war in Iraq - currently estimated at $2.4 Trillion - would pay for for 300 gigawatts of PV Solar generating capacity - at full retail, and about 800 gigawatts of offshore wind electric capacity. (Solar is about $8.00 per watt, offshore wind is about $3.00 per watt.)

Which would make this country more secure?

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