The problem I have with solar roof panels is they're stone ugly and not cheap at all.

 

We have them and they're not noticeable because of the height of the roof. They paid for themselves very quickly so if you plan to be in the house long you should look into them. It's made a huge difference and ours are older ones. I imagine the newer ones work even more efficiently. We purchased our victorian from an elderly lady in 1984. She had no air conditioning, a 13 inch bw tv and not much else. Her even billing was $94. 22 years later with 5 in the house and all the modern conveniences our monthly bill averages $146 for a 3 story with 3400sf. Of course in addition to the solar panels we insulated, installed a high efficiency furnace, hot water heater and air conditioning and replaced all the doors and windows.

I was reading an interesting article today about something called "geo-engineering." Rather than fight greenhouse gases through reduction of emissions or energy use, scientist would engineer ways to fight it with technology. Some of the examples seemed far-reaching, but apparently they have gained bit of momentum amongst some in the scientific community. For example, one idea was to send into orbit a "shade" that would orbit between the earth and sun and lower the amount of sunlight that reached the earth, thereby lowering its temperature. Another idea was using machines that would pump sea water into the air creating a "sea mist" cloud over the ocean, blocking sunlight, and keeping the temperature down. I'm not a scientist, but growing technology got us into this global warming thing, it seems as though it could be used to get us out. Food for thought.

I was reading an interesting article today about something called "geo-engineering." Rather than fight greenhouse gases through reduction of emissions or energy use, scientist would engineer ways to fight it with technology. Some of the examples seemed far-reaching, but apparently they have gained bit of momentum amongst some in the scientific community. For example, one idea was to send into orbit a "shade" that would orbit between the earth and sun and lower the amount of sunlight that reached the earth, thereby lowering its temperature. Another idea was using machines that would pump sea water into the air creating a "sea mist" cloud over the ocean, blocking sunlight, and keeping the temperature down. I'm not a scientist, but growing technology got us into this global warming thing, it seems as though it could be used to get us out. Food for thought.

 

 

This is true but it's such a delicate situation, an experiment that we didn't realize it's results until it was too late could be the last experiment we get to perform.