For Chuck

[shtferbrains]

Farms pay less for electricity in Saskatchewan than what city and town residents pay, but the actual cost of delivering electricity to farms is higher. Farms are being subsidized by the majority of Saskpower customers.

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning.

So if SF3 wrote a cheque today for a $100K solar grid tie system he could send the bill to some program and thank Grassfarmer for helping him pay for it?

Did I help pay for your set up?

[Guest]

If it works for you, go for it.

But don't ask me to help pay for it.

that's the problem , all you tree huggers want your solar and wind so you can go around telling everyone how smart you are , but you want us to pay our bills and part of yours also
go for it , just don't expect to be subsidized

[farmaholic]

Apparently someone in the neighboring community is getting into selling solar systems. Possibly even someone in my own hometown.

Service, warranty, cost, ROI payback?

[Horse]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

[Guest]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

I doubt it , that one made sense
did they have to subsidize tractors , do you recall?

[shtferbrains]

I wonder if this same discusion went on 100 yr ago,tractors over horses,there was a lot of them that figured tractors would never replace horses,llok what happened.

Perfect example Horse.

The more well to do farmers were the first to adopt the early tractors.

The guys who didn't chose to buy stuck with Horses and the those that coudn't afford bought used when they came to a price they thought was right for them.

The laggards that stayed with the Horse eventually bought them when they had no doubt about there value to them.

Free enterprise at it's finest. No government involvement..

Still lots of Horses out there. Nobody had to dispose of them and tear down the barn.

[farmaholic]

I would be careful who you buy the solar system from. There will be lots of people who will want to ride the wave until it subsides. Pick both a reputable retail supplier and manufacturer.

The length of the investment should warrant caution!

[grassfarmer]

First off Grassfarmer as I showed back in Feb. the only large solar farm in Alberta produced no power through the month, but as the weather warmed up in the March it did come back online confirming that it was snow cover in Feb. causing the zero production. As I look today I see all the windmill farms are producing at 7% of capacity. In my case I consume roughly 3 times as much power in January as I do in July so you are wrong again.

No you didn't show that Hamloc, you guessed. You'll need to explain to me how the snow also seemingly shut down several coal and gas fired generators for the month of February also. Unless you can do that you can prove nothing.

You are arguing with the wrong person on your second point. Pretty obvious energy consumption here is higher in January than July. But oh no! - SF3s power bills are higher in Florida than in Saskatchewan backed by his buddy robertbarlage's assertion that AC uses more power than a furnace. Wintering in Florida uses how much AC power usage versus the heat needed in a SK home??
As they say "Hey, if they can make up shit so can we"

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Bingo - you can't understand the facts despite them being right on your doorstep but you claim to be an expert on the situation in countries on the other side of the world. At least you can admit your shortcomings - that's a start.

I see that another shortcoming I apparently possess, is the inability to effectively indicate when I am being facetious. I also overestimated the ability of other posters to know the meaning of the word spurious.

[blackpowder]

Some people like wrestling a pig in the mud.