michael's Comments

if i had the power i would have forced GM and Chrysler to do this as part of the bailouts.

THIS IS GREAT. mabey there will be jobs in michigan agian

yes the earth has natural warming cycles,but try this math problem to prove human influence. 7 billion people x 98.6 degrees of body heat + deforestation+pollution+misuse of water= human influence on global warming.

this warms my heart. and being so close to american shores mabey this success will spread by word of mouth faster.

if i had the power i would have forced the auto companys, as part of the bailouts,to put unemployed auto workers (with the proper skills)on all those factory roofs. off unemployment moveing renewables forward.there is the funding.

damn we will never pull out of there. good bye solders

sure 15% decrease in bills isn't much but i will take it any way.as for me personaly i like the idea of solar water because i seems more DIY to me.i have taken enough falls that u won't see me of the roof for much time at all and one of the solar hot water options i read about was mounted on an exterior wall about 10 feet off the ground.besides that way i would have complete control over shadeing issues since a neighbors tree wouldn't make much difference to me.

refering to comment 6. wouldn't investing in older proven tech speed up the installation and use instead of waiting for research and devlopment?

out standing

of course i think this is good news.but a system purposely built to melt snow seem counter productive in the battle aginst warming.

jamie
this months issue of home power (june)is just packed full of info on small wind turbines. borders books is the most reliable source of this magizenethat i have found info includes wind speed, sizes, mounting and setback distances and more websites for suppliers than u can swing a dead cat at.

its a start. i am glad to see that mr. obama is following up on his promises .

a message to DTE

i am currently enroled in the renewable energy program at macomb community college and i just want to say thanks for the education i am recieveing. but i will tell you what, i am not climbing a wind tower.but if given the chance i certinaly would like to work on a solar energy project.

frank i can't ansure your questions but by way of helping you i ask you this question. have you heard of bi-facial solar panels? they were developed by NASA for use on the space station with power generation comeing from both sides of the p.v. panel. the article i was reading suggested building a carport off the sunnyside of the house. (i am sure that a free standing p.v. system would recieve this same benifit) by haveing the sun reflect off the snow onto the underside of the panel would add 10% energy production during the winter or in case of a carport parking the car where the sun would reflect off the windows on to the underside of the panel also

i hope this idea helps

first off i have worked in the past with the kind of people who just start buisnesses without the proper knowledge. implying that anyone with a community college degree and a logo on the side of a truck can st6art the buisnesses we need in renewable energy is not so smart.don't get me wrong, i am currently in a community college studying renewables but i am looking to get into a company who will take me under there wing and allow me to learn instead of people thinking that negative about renewables because i botched the job.

second. i don't pretend to understand all the proublems in the economy but what about the strugleing middle of the road banks? don,t they all try to invest for pfofit ?are they getting any federal money ? are they investing in buisnesses that want to create kilo watts instead of mega watts? sure bigger is better but the other cliche is every little bit counts.