There’s No Law That Says You Can’t Do It, But Why?

It’s amazing that both the homeowner and the architect thought that a design, built as it is around stubbing toes, was a solid idea.

This is the advice I give people who want to build energy generation systems centered around technologies that are, at this point, totally impractical.  You can do it, but why?

I still see business plans for hydrokinetics, biomass, small wind, microbial fuel cells, solar thermal, or any of a dozen other concepts.  Many of these made sense 15 years ago, before the plummeting price of solar PV and wind, but by now, the winners have won and the losers have lost.

Life’s tough enough without embracing the ill-conceived.