[Greenbuilding] Wind power question

[Speireag Alden]

Sgrìobh requiredemail1:

>On the other hand, maybe I, and other residential energy customers, should
>use our $250-300 per year in a way that has more direct effects on fossil
>fuel emissions. 
>
>Thoughts?

     I tax myself at 100% on my household fossil fuel consumption. 
Every time I pay a bill, I match it into a dedicated savings account 
which makes around 5%.  That account is sacrosanct:  I can only use 
it to buy something which will offset energy consumption, like a 
solar heat system.

     That system is what enabled me to get enough into savings to buy 
a bunch of solar collectors, recently.  Now I've just gotta get 'em 
hooked up.

     Once I have a grid-tied inverter and at least one PV panel, I'll 
also institute another cast-iron rule:  no new electrical appliance 
may be purchased without also purchasing the solar capacity to power 
it completely.

     In that way, I will stabilize my consumption, and then, as I can, 
lower it to zero and beyond.

-Speireag.

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