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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial"><small>Unfortunately, this seems
more and more like the fiasco created by the DHW credits 25 years ago.
Sadly, this is what I expected and why I am opposed to incentive
programs. Most people have no clue about energy or resource depletion
issues.<br>
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For example, I was contacted by a group that runs the interpretative
center at a local I-5 rest stop. They wanted to "put solar" on their
building to reduce their power bill. As a part of the
design/evaluation, I did a light energy audit of the facility. Their
average energy use is 125 kWh a day for a ~800 sq foot building, open
12 hours a day! Everyone thinks we can add a few solar panels to
buildings and everything can continue business as usual. It is
frustrating to see the same old business as usual happening, while
people expect different results.<br>
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Todd<br>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2">We are seeing far more of this in
the past 2-3 years, especially for off grid systems.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2">It seems like very few of these
new startup bandwagon places have even a remote clue as to how to size
battery based systems. I would guess that half of our tech support
calls come from people that bought systems from someone "cheaper" than
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2">A couple days ago a cell phone
company that has a few small sites called us about how the sites were
all going dead. They sent us a copy of what they bought, and the
<unnamed> company based their battery system on the yearly
average insolation. DUH!</font></div>
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