Friday, March 28, 2008

Solar Power for Charity

“Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold." Maurice Setter

I have rarely approved of government programs as I believe that they are put into place as a way to control the citizens of this, or any, country. If it were not so these programs would end when the project was completed. There are some programs which can not end, defense, government itself, etc. but that should be a rarity.

In the last article I talked about the state of New York working with individuals to make their homes energy independent. I also brought up the idea that the state should work together with schools and install solar panels on these buildings to relieve taxes payers of some of the cost of the school buy selling excess power, as well as provide electric power to homes and businesses in the area

Well what about other institutions? There is a men’s homeless shelter located in a poorer section of town that uses what is basically a warehouse to provide these men with a place to sleep. For all of those organizations who want to stop global warming, for all of those charities that support those in need why not find something that they can work on together?

If the men’s shelter was covered with solar panels what effect would that have on this charitable organization? Would they be able to eliminate expenditures for heating and lighting of the facility? Would they be able to free up money to provide more and improved services for those in need?

Sell the excess electricity to the water treatment plant and homes around it and what would that mean to the community? The money earned from the excess power could be used to improve the lives of these homeless men as well as provide them and the community at large with additional services.

"Genius is there in all of us, just waiting for us to tap into it." Robert R. Toth

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