RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion  

Go Back   RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion > Miscellaneous > Non-Sports Chatter

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-30-2011, 07:19 PM   #16
RBA
CELEBRATION TIME
 
RBA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 13,952
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Do it yourself wind:

http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2011/03/...e-on-the-cheap
RBA is online now   Reply With Quote
Turn Off Ads?
Old 03-30-2011, 08:10 PM   #17
Caveat Emperor
Titanic Struggles
 
Caveat Emperor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The 513
Posts: 12,177
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Quote:
Originally Posted by RBA View Post
Do it yourself wind:
Alternate method:

__________________
Championships Matter.
22 Years and Counting...
Caveat Emperor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2011, 08:10 AM   #18
lidspinner
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 836
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

some great replies here fella's.....thanks a ton for your opinions....we are in our 30's and plan on never moving again.....this is going to be our last move...we are both entrenched in our jobs locally, neither of us have aspirations of moving away when we retire......unless its just for the winter..lol.....but from what I am reading, the US and Ohio govt has rebates for people who purchase solar for their home.....I am going to keep looking into that option...as well as geothermal.

A question about geothermal.....I have not looked into it much...but from what I gather, its not a energy source, correct? its a way of heating and cooling your water and home, correct? Basically what I am saying is, can I run fridge or TV from geothermal? I dont think I can, but I could be wrong.....

great responses everyone....I am all for all ideas...I will also update you all about the costs and what we choose...hopefully it wont be a headache.
lidspinner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2011, 08:22 AM   #19
LoganBuck
I hate the Cubs
 
LoganBuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,627
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Quote:
Originally Posted by lidspinner View Post
A question about geothermal.....I have not looked into it much...but from what I gather, its not a energy source, correct? its a way of heating and cooling your water and home, correct? Basically what I am saying is, can I run fridge or TV from geothermal? I dont think I can, but I could be wrong.....
Yes it is a way to heat and cool your home and water, it is expensive but the energy savings is great. I agree with Sandy, spend extra on windows and insulation. It is worth it, you don't even have to be a "greenie" to appreciate energy savings in terms of dollars.
__________________
Whenever you get mad over a called strike or ball on a close pitch, it's the equivalent of being mad at the QB pump-faking one time before throwing a pass in your average NFL game. ---Caveat Emperor
LoganBuck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2011, 04:38 PM   #20
RichRed
My clutch is broken
 
RichRed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Posts: 3,620
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Nation's first wind-powered brewery. I'll be checking it out this summer.

http://obbrewing.com/wind-powered-brewery/
__________________
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
RichRed is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2011, 05:14 PM   #21
Rojo
Member
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: The Bush Leagues
Posts: 8,433
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rojo View Post
If your not in a tsunami plain you might consider a small reactor.
I was kidding when I wrote that but....

http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...s5.28.08c.html
__________________
The widow is gathering nettles for her children's dinner; a perfumed seigneur, delicately lounging in the Oeil de Boeuf, hath an alchemy whereby he will extract the third nettle and call it rent. ~ Carlyle
Rojo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2011, 11:30 AM   #22
GAC
What Me Worry?
 
GAC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio
Posts: 26,430
Re: anyone here into the solar and wind energy craze?

Quote:
Originally Posted by LoganBuck View Post
Go geothermal, on a new construction it will pay off more, and is still green.
Yep. I have a few friends who have built new homes over the last several years and taken that route.... and they are glad they did.
__________________
"panic" only comes from having real expectations
GAC is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:49 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.

Thank you, and most importantly, enjoy yourselves!

RedsZone.com is a privately owned website and is not affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds or Major League Baseball

Contact us: Boss | GIK | dabvu2498 | Gallen5862 | LexRedsFan | MBZags | Plus Plus | redsfan1995 | The Operator | Tommyjohn25