After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!

The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich Arabic saber dancing daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)

After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!

The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich Arabic saber dancing daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)

After the millions of murders, and $650 billions of dollars, borrowed from our children’s futures and pissed away, with thousands of our own and others maimed and disfigured for life, millions of families utterly destroyed, ours and theirs, we are no closer to Iraqi oil production than the Iraqis are!

The next time you hear a blithering idiot spoiled brat, drunken, drug addicted, sociopath, rich Arabic saber dancing daddie’s boy oilman, stand at a microphone and threaten YOUR safety with someone ELSE’S weapons, remember what you lost America, remember, and weep! (also see http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan)

Don’t forget that Germans pay 1.50 Euro per liter for gas. (That’s over $8.50 per gallon at today’s price and exchange rates. It was over $9 per gallon a couple of weeks ago.) Most of that is for taxes for those nice things mentioned above. I just got a notice yesterday that natural gas and electricity are increasing in price this year again. (We live in Germany.) I’m not complaining, just informing of some of the daily costs of the progress to the normal individual citizens .

We can become our own private power plant if we are willing to spend 20,000 – 30,000 Euro ($30,000 – $45,000) to have photovoltiac panels installed on our roof. But we can’t use the energy produced directly. It is sold to the electric grid, and we must still buy it back from an electricity provider. Depending on the size and exposure of the roof, and quality of the panels, the costs are supposed to break even in 10-20 years for the average household (just about the time the panels will need replacing–or better electricity producing models will be available at a higher cost.)

Just about anywhere a constant wind is blowing, a huge wind mill will appear. Some beautiful German country sides now have 10′s if not a hundred or so in wind mill farms. But they are not quiet either. In the stillness of the night you can hear them churning. They are pretty fascinating to watch though. Some will stop spinning when a nice breeze is blowing and others will continue churning away. That seems to be a waste of wind and investment to me.

In summary, there’s still no free lunch. Switching over to renewable energy sources has its advantages and disadvantage AND it will cost everyone something. The leadership of Germany in this area is costing its citizens–in this great energy experiment. Our energy prices are still increasing here instead of falling as would be expected from a leading country. Those promoting such progress, must realize the costs to the individuals–all individuals that might not even have the resources for computers and connections to respond to these things. If Germany can sell its technology and products to other countries, even with the strong and expensive Euro, then it will continue to be a leader in energy and this experiment and leadership will not break the German bank.

Don’t forget that Germans pay 1.50 Euro per liter for gas. (That’s over $8.50 per gallon at today’s price and exchange rates. It was over $9 per gallon a couple of weeks ago.) Most of that is for taxes for those nice things mentioned above. I just got a notice yesterday that natural gas and electricity are increasing in price this year again. (We live in Germany.) I’m not complaining, just informing of some of the daily costs of the progress to the normal individual citizens .

We can become our own private power plant if we are willing to spend 20,000 – 30,000 Euro ($30,000 – $45,000) to have photovoltiac panels installed on our roof. But we can’t use the energy produced directly. It is sold to the electric grid, and we must still buy it back from an electricity provider. Depending on the size and exposure of the roof, and quality of the panels, the costs are supposed to break even in 10-20 years for the average household (just about the time the panels will need replacing–or better electricity producing models will be available at a higher cost.)

Just about anywhere a constant wind is blowing, a huge wind mill will appear. Some beautiful German country sides now have 10′s if not a hundred or so in wind mill farms. But they are not quiet either. In the stillness of the night you can hear them churning. They are pretty fascinating to watch though. Some will stop spinning when a nice breeze is blowing and others will continue churning away. That seems to be a waste of wind and investment to me.

In summary, there’s still no free lunch. Switching over to renewable energy sources has its advantages and disadvantage AND it will cost everyone something. The leadership of Germany in this area is costing its citizens–in this great energy experiment. Our energy prices are still increasing here instead of falling as would be expected from a leading country. Those promoting such progress, must realize the costs to the individuals–all individuals that might not even have the resources for computers and connections to respond to these things. If Germany can sell its technology and products to other countries, even with the strong and expensive Euro, then it will continue to be a leader in energy and this experiment and leadership will not break the German bank.

Saad

http://www.socialbridges.org/