Hi everyone, Dave Llorens here.
This afternoon I was talking to a reporter about the same thing I talk about every time: There are places in the country where the economics for home solar are so strong that it works for anyone—at least those who don’t have a shaded or wonky roof and those who own a home. Some of these places have such great payback on solar that if you could get the proposition in front of everyone, you’d see a few homes with solar on every block.
But we’re not there yet, and we’re not even close.
We’ve always thought of that as 1BOG’s mission: to accelerate the adoption of solar and get it to where at least one in ten homes have it. We think that’s possible in huge areas of the Country, like New Jersey, California, Louisiana, Texas, and other cities.
We still have a ways to go, but that doesn’t keep me from being optimistic. Just look at the places solar is popping up these days:
1. Facebook Social Games: Social City
2. Nascar: Leilani Munter
3. The Vatican
And here are a few of the stranger places that solar panels are popping up:
4. Doghouses
5. Antarctic Research
6. Air-Conditioned Tents
7. My hometown of Shreveport
8. The, uh, backs of camels?
May 27th, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Nice, i’m from Nicaragua, I want to know about 1BOG and prices.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Wow, we still need some work in New York City, but we will all eventually get there. I was thinking about a tent with solar panel in the fabric, maybe some company would be interested in mass producing them. Keep up the great work, it’s in everyone interest to conserve through Solar power. Have a great day.