Browse Forums Eco Living Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 7Apr 19, 2011 1:33 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34120 Handover 23 Dec 11 Squatting 21 Dec 11 Fixed 12 Oct 11 Plastered 31 Aug 2011 Framed 7 June 2011 Site Start 7 Feb 2011 Land Titled 18 Jan 2010 Land Deposit 25 Jun 2009 Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 12Apr 22, 2011 7:56 pm Quote: Unlike ETSA's insane fee. *shudder* Yes its a bitter pill paying over $400 for something you will never own. ETSA is currently months behind in meter change overs, because the guy with a horse and cart can only do so much. And unless you constantly chase them for an appointment, they develop a very short memory and forget about you. No wonder we are regarded as a backwater! --- Oops shouldnt say too much about 'water'. Sorry Arfur Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 13Aug 13, 2011 11:52 am well i am still confused because I donot know how to read the meter.If rec stands for power baCK to the grid well they have really got it wrong.how do they read the solar part if it is not on the meter finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 14Aug 23, 2011 1:55 am Is there anyone you can get to physically explain this to you in person, as you dont seem to understand things here Arfur Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 15Sep 06, 2011 11:06 am no there is noone i really think we are being ripped off thought finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 16Nov 14, 2011 7:28 am petterwilliam Solar energy is renewable, free and can result in a savings of thousands of dollars annually. Solar panel electricity is a clean, natural and environmentally safe source of energy. not exactly. Have you done research into the amount of energy that is required to produce the solar panels. Why do you think they r so expensive. I am not against solar. I have them at my own house. But the equation is not as simple as people make out. But it has been good to see that the amount of energy required to make solar panels have dropped over the last 10 years or so. solar power installed anyone know to.... 17Nov 14, 2011 7:40 am All present day renewable technology has a hydrocarbon platform. Solar panels require rare earth materials and extremely energy intense production processes. Not to mention distribution and maintenance. Wind turbines are at present energy negative. What is important is net surplus energy. No renewable technology you see today has increased net energy. Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 18Nov 18, 2011 12:49 am Eve Dweller All present day renewable technology has a hydrocarbon platform. Solar panels require rare earth materials and extremely energy intense production processes. Not to mention distribution and maintenance. Wind turbines are at present energy negative. What is important is net surplus energy. No renewable technology you see today has increased net energy. Shall I bite? This may in part be true but are you supposing its less worse than oil or much worse? By the sounds of it you believe its no better than oil and fossil fuels. One day soon the factories in China and Germany are powered by the very things they make and at least in Germany 30% of it already is. Most rural towns have their own energy supply next to tulips and wheat. We are way behind! China is spending what amounts to Australia's GDP 3 times over on renewables this year alone. China has no choice, its coal pits are almost depleted and the cost of energy is increasing, they are also considering not building new Nuke plants but instead perusing total renewable energy. Australia is being told great big ones for the sake of oil and coal interests. The last comment is not correct. Spain, Germany, Denmark, Norway, parts of the USA - yes America, Canada are saturated with renewable energy. So much so they are undercutting the fossil fuel and Nuke energy market by orders of magnitudes. Some states can't even give it away. Remember, electricity is energy and energy is a tradeable commodity. You don't think AGL go out and bang in Wind Farms not expecting a return do you? Australia also decreased its energy demand even though the economy was expanding which should have produced a net increase in demand. The PV, SHW, energy efficiency and insulation program actually worked reducing net demand by 7%. A + B = something around C. It might be politically risky with Murdoch rags willing to shovel hate at everything not produced by their mates in the liberal party but the outcomes is somewhat less than half the cost of building new energy for the same outcome. That is not something you will read in The Australian. B STAR petterwilliam Solar energy is renewable, free and can result in a savings of thousands of dollars annually. Solar panel electricity is a clean, natural and environmentally safe source of energy. not exactly. Have you done research into the amount of energy that is required to produce the solar panels. Why do you think they r so expensive. I am not against solar. I have them at my own house. But the equation is not as simple as people make out. But it has been good to see that the amount of energy required to make solar panels have dropped over the last 10 years or so. And Mores law may still apply... solar power installed anyone know to.... 19Nov 18, 2011 5:49 am Incorrect. There is no current renewable technology (oxymoron) which has positive EROI globally. What you have to described is the distribution of apparent returns. Re: solar power installed anyone know to.... 20Nov 19, 2011 1:50 am Ok, so you are describing this EROI as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_ret ... y_invested So what you are saying is renewables (ok sustainable) are not producing more energy per unit that that which it takes to make them? Why even mention this? Are you expecting we should abandon them for short term gains? Over unity: Not found. The most definitive answer to your question James is this taken from the James Hardie Axon Cladding Installation Guide - i just happen to have it… 5 4314 The unit normally clips into a metal plate screwed to the wall, either plate is not flush, or unit not hooked in and could be hanging from the pipes partly, either might… 2 16408 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 15653 |