Not apples-apples
dimonic, DanaBlankenhorn, Byterat:
Please take special note of my post: "It will cost you many times
the cost of the equivalent standard-energy-consuming house".
I am talking about building a house to use fossil, and the same
exact house to use solar. The cost for the solar version will make
a $200,000 house $300,000 or more. Admittedly I have no hard facts
to back this up - more of an educated observation, ergo - I am
willing to be proven wrong.
However you all say about the same thing: that when designing a
solar house, you have to do this or that to make it affordable and
energy efficient. Well heck you can do all those things AND use
fossil to power the house. I hope now you realize you are comparing
apples to oranges.
I hear the same thing all the time when electric vehicles are
labeled as more "fuel" efficient; the electric cars sacrifice
safety/comfort/horsepower to achieve such efficiencies. All these
sacrifices can be made for cars using ANY fuel - including diesel.
Thanks for reading,
Dave
