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madokie

(51,076 posts)

8. The VA hospital where I go

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 09:11 PM

Jul 2013

put covers over their parking and covered them with solar panel. As well as the roof of the hospital too.
In reading about it I seen where they said they expect a savings of 50,000 dollars a year in electrical cost.
I'm hoping that this covered parking will get the attention of the big box stores and malls. I know if I could park in the shade I'd spend my dollars in that store without a doubt.

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An Epic Battle Between Solar Firms and Power Utilities Could Leave One Side Unplugged [View all] jpak Jul 2013 OP

New to the Phx area and very interested in solar Sentath Jul 2013 #1

electric companies are only interested in profits for themselves, everything else is just BS nt msongs Jul 2013 #2

And one side will have power all night long. wtmusic Jul 2013 #3

Utilities will have 'overnight' profit margins all day long, cprise Jul 2013 #6

You're a small government, free-enterprise type, aren't you. wtmusic Jul 2013 #7

No, but I could just as easily say cprise Jul 2013 #11

If you're shifting from the lower class to the middle, I'd say yes wtmusic Jul 2013 #12

That's inane cprise Jul 2013 #14

Easy wtmusic Jul 2013 #16

Nothing in a govt budget is subsidized by "rich and poor alike" cprise Jul 2013 #18

Peak usage is around 8:00 PM and for most of the year wtmusic Jul 2013 #20

you cant go into a grocery store ... quadrature Jul 2013 #4

That's a horrible analogy kristopher Jul 2013 #5

perhaps somebody could post the price schedule ... quadrature Jul 2013 #9

Your contribution could change that kristopher Jul 2013 #10

Nice analogy. wtmusic Jul 2013 #13

Bad analogy-- there is no monopoly aspect to a grocery store. n/t cprise Jul 2013 #15

The monopoly is irrelevant wtmusic Jul 2013 #17

The monopoly is always relevant cprise Jul 2013 #19

I'm an advocate for government doing what it does best wtmusic Jul 2013 #21

The VA hospital where I go madokie Jul 2013 #8