Comments on: California’s consumer-driven recent ecofriendly initiatives: Solar Incentives, Residential MicroFueler & Digital Textbooks http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/17/californias-consumer-driven-recent-ecofriendly-initiatives-solar-incentives-residential-microfueler-digital-textbooks/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Emily http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/17/californias-consumer-driven-recent-ecofriendly-initiatives-solar-incentives-residential-microfueler-digital-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60663 Emily Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:00:34 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3086#comment-60663 Really great article and topics of discussion. Thank you! Really great article and topics of discussion. Thank you!

]]> By: california reader http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/17/californias-consumer-driven-recent-ecofriendly-initiatives-solar-incentives-residential-microfueler-digital-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60664 california reader Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:25:51 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3086#comment-60664 Excellent questions raised in the portion of your article relating to net vs. paper books. I somehow feel that proper tree farming and paper making from other, more time and cost efficient materials both new and recycled, will provide for the use of paper books for a long time to come. Although I do spend some time researching on the net for various purposes, I also always thoroughly appreciate sitting in a comfortable chair with a good book. I am also aware of the extreme number of hours students spend reading and researching and know from experience the eye strain that can be experienced that way. Written material is also not going to crash or be infected by viruses, and along with computer time, is available free from local community based public libraries (generally a joy to visit with young children as well). Reading to children is a wonderful way to educate and bond from infancy on. A computer just isn't cozy yet. With regard to the further developments in solar energy, I have heard that power companies in California will be asked to reimburse for extra power being fed into the system from home installations. We hooked ours a few years ago and although it did cost quite a bit, our annual gas and electric total bill of about $200 for the year is wonderful. You don't get a return like that from any other purchase that I can think of. Even so, I look forward to the development and availability of more economical and better evolved solar products. We are constantly asked how we like our system, but those who have asked still seem to find a reason to just keep thinking about it. Thanks again for the article. Excellent questions raised in the portion of your article relating to net vs. paper books. I somehow feel that proper tree farming and paper making from other, more time and cost efficient materials both new and recycled, will provide for the use of paper books for a long time to come. Although I do spend some time researching on the net for various purposes, I also always thoroughly appreciate sitting in a comfortable chair with a good book. I am also aware of the extreme number of hours students spend reading and researching and know from experience the eye strain that can be experienced that way. Written material is also not going to crash or be infected by viruses, and along with computer time, is available free from local community based public libraries (generally a joy to visit with young children as well). Reading to children is a wonderful way to educate and bond from infancy on. A computer just isn’t cozy yet.

With regard to the further developments in solar energy, I have heard that power companies in California will be asked to reimburse for extra power being fed into the system from home installations. We hooked ours a few years ago and although it did cost quite a bit, our annual gas and electric total bill of about $200 for the year is wonderful. You don’t get a return like that from any other purchase that I can think of. Even so, I look forward to the development and availability of more economical and better evolved solar products. We are constantly asked how we like our system, but those who have asked still seem to find a reason to just keep thinking about it. Thanks again for the article.

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