retepsnikrep wrote:Looking at the asthetics of that install, it's a bit roppy IMO
I fully support renewables but it looks untidy with the gaps etc.
Solar tiles might have been better, and blended it in with the adjacent property.
To encourage good uptake it needs to look good, blend in as best as possible, perform well and be affordable. Quite a challenge
TBH I think it needs to be cheap for it to have a good uptake.
I suspect the PV install itself would have cost upwards of 15K
solar tile root would have been even more expensive
Most folks will only take up this sort of thing if they can see they are saving money and at 15K its not worth it, would take 20 or so years to pay for it, may be less depending on fuel prices, folk dont want to wait 20yrs to see a return on their money, they have important things like 100" LCD tv's they have to buy you know
Its like electric vehicles who wants to drive something thats slower, wont go as far on one fill and cost twice the price or 1/3 as much again
Not when they go out and buy a weisel that will do 60mpg for next to nothing that can be re-filled in 3 mins and will travel 500miles on a tank.
90% of joe public dont give a monkeys about the planet, yeah they all whaffle on about how much recycling they do and other such green stuff, but ask them to actually put their hand in their pockets suddenly they dissappear into the wood work to watch their 100" plasma
TBH I wouldn drive my Blingo if it hadnt have been as cheap to buy as it was and the fact its free tax does 60miles for £1. I dont mind living with its oddness and lack of range. But if we suddenly start to get taxed on it and other such nasties are introduced it wont be worth hanging on to any longer
See I'm one of those 90%
but I'm quite happy to say it
ChrisB