Home Power DIY

As i understand the concept, you need to live in an isolated area, and be using wind and solar energy generating things/panels, etc…. What else? I guess you don't have to be isolated to use solar energy tho….
Water? Ideally one would have access to their own water source , for drinking at least. I guess I too am not entirely ready to give up hot showers and flushing toilets…
this BP Solar neighbors project is aiming to make solar energy accessible to more people that might not be able to afford it otherwise:

http://www.solarneighbors.com/

of course it relies on a specific companies' solar energy products- not necessarily the best – and the media attention 'energy' that LA celebrities generate, and few communities can tap into That kind of ' power' source….( i would bold some words if i could….yahoo Answers? hello?)

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