Free Power
Being made up of two parts geek and one part cheapskate, I am naturally fond of solar energy. Free electricity beamed at you from outer space! How cool is that? I thought it was a great idea even when I didn't have to pay for energy myself, and mooched off my Mom. Now, though, when I get those exorbitant $32 bills from the electric company, I long to harness the boundless fire of Father Sun.
It's too bad it costs so much to install solar panels in your home, though. I heard it takes like ten years to make your money back in savings. So if I want to power my house completely with free electricity, I'm going to have to build a windmill farm in my backyard, too. And how much are those windmills going to cost me? (I mean in dollars, not in respect.)
Bah. You have to spend too much money to get free stuff.
For my electricity needs, I guess I'll have to stick with the army of orphans I have in my basement strapped to stationary bikes. They work okay, but you have to feed them, and the smell is terrible.
It's too bad it costs so much to install solar panels in your home, though. I heard it takes like ten years to make your money back in savings. So if I want to power my house completely with free electricity, I'm going to have to build a windmill farm in my backyard, too. And how much are those windmills going to cost me? (I mean in dollars, not in respect.)
Bah. You have to spend too much money to get free stuff.
For my electricity needs, I guess I'll have to stick with the army of orphans I have in my basement strapped to stationary bikes. They work okay, but you have to feed them, and the smell is terrible.
posted by Dean at 11/11/2005 11:00:00 AM
3 Comments:
I've always thought of the sun as a she because, you know, the sun is useful.
ouch. i know you didn't mean that.
I always thought of the sun as a she too, but only because somewhere, at some point in time, I heard a story about the Goddess of the sun.
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