Adressing Global Warming

[Charlie Bell]

On 28/04/2008, at 12:36 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
> Charlie Bell wrote:
>>
>> Yeah. The point of solar hot water is it's so cheap, and pays for
>> itself very quickly (3 - 5 years) if it's installed in a new house.  
>> So
>> while it'll never amount to a huge percentage, it's still an
>> inexpensive way of saving a significant amount of energy. So, like
>> mandating loft and wall insulation and double-glazing (and rainwater
>> tanks) these are small but significant contributions that everyone  
>> can
>> do. Reducing the total energy consumption of a house by 15 - 20% is a
>> lot of energy that you don't need to generate!
>>
> <sarcasm>
> Yeah, place every single family of the 6 Giga humans in houses
> with solar power... This would  be very friendly to the environment!
> </sarcasm>
>
> Seriously, if we want to save the planet, domestic solar power should
> be banned! People should live and work in the smallest possible area,
> and it means packing families in huge buildings.

Solar hot water, not solar electric. Black pipes in a glass cabinet on  
the roof.

Charlie.