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Old 05-23-2014, 01:38 PM  
_Richard_
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Originally Posted by crockett View Post
Actually I was very surprised at how much solar there is in New Orleans. There obviously must be some sort of subsidy program going on there, because just driving around some of the neighborhoods it would often be 50% or more of the houses that I'd see solar on the roofs.

Meanwhile here in New Mexico a place you have to be a fool not to have solar, I see almost none. Honestly this amazes me more than anything. If you live in NM, AZ, NV or really anywhere in the south west you could easily run a house on solar and be grid free yet I see very little solar here.
im in canada, and was floored by how many houses / businesses had them.

they had whole.. 'contraptions'... that had full rotation on seaside shops/restaurants.. but looks like someone built it at home based off mats.. best we have in vancouver is random pedestrian crosswalks with attached solar panels, and the odd enthusiast.

Interesting to hear about NO.. guess utilized due to the disaster?

anyway, it is just my opinion on a 2 week trip.. but it was the one main thing i remember.

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Originally Posted by femdomdestiny View Post
I was just watching few houses here today and never noticed their solar panels before. Anyway, these guys should go to Tesla motors for funding.
something should happen.. one of the first things i did when getting back was start looking into it lol

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