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Ken Teegardin said in January 26th, 2007 at 11:54 pm

You are off to a great start. Good luck with the new concept. Solar is good for everyone (exept greedy oil companies).

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Tom said in January 28th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

Dave,
Great idea! It’s about time Americans get off the “oil tit”! What about wind power… I live in Wyoming and we have a plentiful supply of BOTH sun and wind:). Thanks, Tom Gabriel

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George Dugdale said in February 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 am

Dave,
Good timing for this website. The scientist world wide agree that humans are influencing climate change. The policy makers in the United States cannot ignore it anymore.

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Jaxsun said in February 15th, 2007 at 11:16 am

As you know Dave, I’m a big fan of Solar Energy (specifically PV) as that is what I’ve passionately choose to concentrate my carrer on. One thing I always recommend FIRST (even though I love PV) is to emidiately opt into your local Wind Energy program, which here in CO is Excel’s Windsource program. It is by far the easiest and most cost effective way to get ‘green’ energy, instanlty. Zero up-front costs and minimal monthly adjustments on your bill (couple bucks per month, I think).

link to Excel’s Windsource:
http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,3080,1-1-2_735_22932-221-2_366_583-0,00.html

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Eddie said in April 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am

Hi Dave,
Great website so far; this will be a great resource.

Re one of your questions: “Can solar panels handle the wind we have here in CO?”

I asked Cary Hayes of REC Solar the same question. He said that their installations are rated for 130 mph winds. Cary told me that Boulder recently had 134 mph wind gusts. REC Solar flew out their engineer to inspect several installations, taking photos, measurements, etc. He reported that ‘nothing moved’.

Cary said that the wind rating is largely determined by the depth of penetration of the ’screw’ that attaches the panel racking system to the roof joists.

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Dave said in April 11th, 2007 at 10:11 am

Eddie,

Thanks for stopping by and sharing that info.

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