Not in My Back Yard

Open power lines to be put underground, and remove the eyesore of them being there, also, this would remove the hazzard of the local wildlife climbing the power poles and attempting to jump between phases

no matter how the power is generated, who really wants to live near them, and those who do, will after buying their land cheap, complain about it (same people move close to country airfields, cheap land, they petition to close the airfield, and the land prices skyrocket)

For "on roof" style solar collectors (water or electricty) make them look better, or have options of integrating them into the roof, not just stuck on the outside like a afterthought.

Maybe electric companies should pay property taxes for those homes, or a regular monthly incentive to nearby residents.

Or another solution would be to buy these homes, then let them rent by residents. Flat renters will not be able to comply about electric equipment, they alwys have the option to go to somewhere else, and possibly pay more.

The same or similar factor could be made with nuclear disposal sites, which is definately that none wants to be anywhere near his/her backyard. Unless heavily payed, so the nearby villages became ghost towns, with former residents renting or buying homes somewhere else from the power plant's incentive.

Didn't mind the power lines, but they did make it hard to turn off the florescent lights. After they got good and warmed up some would glow for hours after they were turned off. Compacts were pretty new so I don't know if they would do it. But my desk lamp was the worst.

I actually had to walk about 200' to get them to light on their own.

Brad

Think cell phones... Used to be only the rich could afford them but now cell phone companies give them away with a contract for a minimum number of months, years, etc., and business is booming.

Why not market wind and solar (and other energy saving devices) to home owners for little or no down payment and a minimum contract? With the current Federal and state tax incentives and rebates, utility companies could be making a killing while saving energy at the same time.

-Billy The Blogging Poet http://www.bloggingpoet.com

Over here in Australia, we have companies selling what is called "Green Power" that is electricity that is gained by "renewable resources"

I had an argument with them once, that as we are on 100% green, then none of the electricity we use comes from the coal power stations, they said that this was correct, I asked if it 100% came from hydro/wind, they said yes...

I then asked when the change was made, "When you chose to go green"

Last year we had a pretty big bushfire (Victoria) and it took out the power lines from the hydro stations in NSW, amazingly enough, we didn't loose power, but we still paid for green power.

So, what really happens, as against what the companies tell you that is happening, it all works on paper

That is a great arguement for the need of high speed trains. The rails lines could also serve to carry the high voltage power transmission lines across the country.