In the town where I work there are many large buildings with flat roofs.
They are ideal for solar panel installations – especially the kind that is mounted on layers of Styrofoam and glued to the roof. The panels are then interconnected into a grid. The roof gets an additional layer of insulation while at the same time providing electricity to the structure – enough to power all the lights, computers and equipment in the building.
In the town where I work such installations are frowned upon because they could ‘detract from the architectural plan approved on by the planning commission’.
In the town where I work there is a very large company that has instructed its workers to avoid use of the elevators. This is a plan arrived at by “forward thinking” executives to reduce the use of electricity.
This is a perfectly good example of ‘penny-wise, pound foolish’.
Let me use another example.
A person has ten thousand dollars.
The same person has a deadly disease that is killing them.
They go to the doctor for treatment.
The doctor refuses to treat the disease because the result would not ‘look nice’ but offers a face lift for the same price.
You have a choice in your home if not at your place of business.
You can remain chained to local utilities who are using technology from the 1800’s or you can get more bang for your buck and modernize your house.
Why would you keep yourself in a losing position?
They are ideal for solar panel installations – especially the kind that is mounted on layers of Styrofoam and glued to the roof. The panels are then interconnected into a grid. The roof gets an additional layer of insulation while at the same time providing electricity to the structure – enough to power all the lights, computers and equipment in the building.
In the town where I work such installations are frowned upon because they could ‘detract from the architectural plan approved on by the planning commission’.
In the town where I work there is a very large company that has instructed its workers to avoid use of the elevators. This is a plan arrived at by “forward thinking” executives to reduce the use of electricity.
This is a perfectly good example of ‘penny-wise, pound foolish’.
Let me use another example.
A person has ten thousand dollars.
The same person has a deadly disease that is killing them.
They go to the doctor for treatment.
The doctor refuses to treat the disease because the result would not ‘look nice’ but offers a face lift for the same price.
You have a choice in your home if not at your place of business.
You can remain chained to local utilities who are using technology from the 1800’s or you can get more bang for your buck and modernize your house.
Why would you keep yourself in a losing position?
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