Posts from — August 2009

Any type of system for renewable electricity that can utilize without depending on the utility grid is a stand-alone-off-grid system. Before you move off-grid, consider some things regarding the system first so you would be able to determine if the decision is right.

Deciding to move would mean you do not need the service of the utility company anymore. Although this move is somewhat good because you don't have to pay high expenses to your utility provider, the disadvantage here is that it would mean no one will help you to check the problem when the electricity loses its power in the middle of the night. You will have to do it yourself so you can use the utility again.

You are probably saving money from utility expenses. If this is your reason for deciding to move to off-grid system, then, make up your mind once again. Using an off-grid system to generate electricity and store it for future use will also cost you more money. Higher initial investment is the first thing to consider when deciding to move off-grid. With off-grid systems, large battery where the electricity will be stored and a generator machine are needed.

Your budget for this energy system should be higher because you will definitely spend thousands of dollars for the initial costs of setting the system up. With all these expenses, you would naturally expect that the system will work efficiently but there are times the system fails. And since this is powered by solar energy, it will operate while the sun is at its peak. That's why it needs a battery bank where the energy can be stored.

Using the off-grid system for the supply of your electricity may not work the way you planned or expect it. Sometimes your appliances will not operate properly, especially when the power is low. To keep the system going, a generator should be there to back up the system.

Another thing to consider with the off-grid system is the maintenance. Since you have a stand-alone-off-grid system, it means you are independent. Therefore, you need to handle the problems by yourself. IF you want, you can request someone knowledgeable to do the maintenance for you but you have to pay additional expenses. It would be better for you to take lessons about the system and how to take care of the equipments essential for the operations.

Totally freeing yourself from a governing body like the utility company is not impossible to do but you have to look at your options and wonder if making this dramatic move is really in your best interest. Staying tied to your current grid and getting used to your new renewable energy system might work out better in the beginning. You would have something to fall back on while learning the ropes and getting familiar with something totally foreign to you.

A battery less grid-tie system is recommended for those just getting their feet wet. An inverter is connected to the utility grid, no backup batteries and your surplus energy goes to the utility. Add the backup battery after you are comfortable and move on from there. Who knows, maybe the costs will continue to decrease and you will find yourself spending less money, too.

The U.S. people buy 500,000 barrels of oil a day from Nigeria. Nigeria is the 6th largest supplier of oil to the U.S.

When U.S. companies found oil in Nigeria, they told the Nigerian people how much better life was going to be for them with the millions of dollars flowing into their country from the sale of oil.

U.S. oil companies could careless about the Nigerian people. They did not care about the welfare of the Nigerian people anymore than U.S. Insurance companies care about the welfare of their members. All that the U.S. oil companies wanted to do was to take the oil as quickly as possible. What most U.S. citizens do not know is that their consumption of oil and gas is killing the average Nigerian.

The oil trade has been killing Nigerians for years now. In the meantime, the oil companies have no remorse, in fact, they are buying the votes in Congress to delay or slow solar power development and our independence from oil once and for all.

In the video below, you will learn more about the Nigerian oil trade and its impact on average Nigerian people.

A kind of civil war is going on for who should control the oil.

American oil workers and oil executives are being favored over the people of Nigeria. The government is destroying Nigerian villages to make room for American housing.

A pastor is powerless as his church is demolished because of the oil trade. He says, "The oil boom has become the oil doom."

A terrified woman who has had her home destroyed in the name of oil grabs her children and cries, "I need help!"

Bible thumping Republicans who think that business is good and government is bad need to pull their heads out of the sand and watch this video and educate themselves about the evil oil trade with Nigeria in the name of business.

Business has one purpose and one purpose alone, to maximize profits at any cost. In some regards, the national health care debate in the United States is another example of business going after maximum profits at any cost. How many people have the rich Health Insurance companies in America killed because they denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition? How many young people who work in the fast food and restaurant industry in America are not being provided with health care by these greedy insurance companies? How many hard working families, where both couples work, are being charged $700, $900 and even a $1,000 a month or more for health insurance?

Welcome to Corporate America after 8 years of Republicanism. Quanta, in their debut album, said it best: This is America Corporate America The place where only the rich count This is America Yeah America Why do they get to be paramount?