"We all become one, and we all pick up a hatchet, and we start marching towards the Banker's gated communities. Because the asphalt streets will have to run red with blue blood money before something wonderful like this will ever fucking happen." Profound levels of truth coming from Bill...
+fiLthy An even more profound level of truth would be to understand that bankers are just an expression of human nature and therefore killing them wouldn't change anything. The people who killed them would become the new bankers.
I was off the grid for a short while. Was also really easy to do. Don't having any money to pay the bills did the trick for me. What a great thing that was.
Bill,you are talking about shutting your lights off so nobody can tell you've got power but don't you think they'll notice the big fucking solar panels on your roof?
Cool. if everyone has their own energy source, the county is strategically stronger because there's nothing central to attack to take out the country's power...there's no way to do it. also, power companies and the government don't have you by the balls. its clean and ur self-sufficient. So im in favour.
So you put them in your backyard away from the house so it's away from the shade during the day. As long as you keep people out of your back yard, you're good. Have a tall fence 😂
Oh and by the way, at least where I live the power company has a program where if you run off grid with solar power if you make more solar power than you use they actually pay you for YOUR solar energy to help power the area around you! You basically become a tiny power station. They usually encourage you going off grid, not come after you for it lol.
Here in Japan the solar market is the hottest in the world. Average people are going solar all across the country. They even get money back from the power company because they can sell their surplus electricity to the electric company. During poor weather they can buy back from the same company.
Off-grid. Most tie into the grid, because most people do not have enough wattage to be net zero which is required to be off grid. Anyway, let the solar sales person explain your options to you. Check out more than one solar vendor, too.
Fair warning, going solar will drastically raise your property value. Which is nice on one hand, but on the other hand your property taxes are gonna jump.
I don't know about the US, but in Canada there is a program that allows home-owners to sell any extra power they produce back to the electricity company to help power other homes. So if your solar panels produce more energy than you use, you can feed it back to the main power grid and get paid. It's why there were a lot of companies that did roof installations. I think however, that program became more popular than they anticipated, and that they ended up paying out less per kilowatt. Either way, I dont think you can get in any trouble for not using the power company - as far as I know there is no law against being self-sustaining.
Google is doing a project called Sunroof where you can look up how much a certain address can make from solar power. I think it's being tested in Boston, San Francisco, and Fresno.
the way solar works if you are still on the grid is that your panels make your energy, but they make more than you need. The extra is actually fed back into the grid and instead of a bill you get a small check monthly. As far as I know it is illegal to go off the grid completely if you are in the city and can face criminal charges.
if you pay for more panels than you need you will have more power than you need but you still have to pay. not all places will buy back the energy that you produce.
Crazylalalalala true, you have to check what the policy is in your state. In some states they actually want to start taxing anyone who uses solar panels that sell energy back to the grid.
Fred Haro yea, also some municipalities may increase your property taxes. arguing that your property value went up with the installed solar panels. I know someone who bought a system that will completely offset their energy consumption only to have their taxes increased by more than they were spending on energy to begin with resulting in a net lost of money.
Would it be a major change to the construction for the system to be on the grid but have an off-grid backup alternative? I mean why make it any other way?
There is a more efficient method of capturing solar energy coming to market in 5-10 years. It can be formed in layers and constructed in different colours a bit like stained glass. Current silicon solar panels are ridiculously expensive in both cost and environmental impact. To make pure silicon you need to heat it to 1400c/2500f.
My welding/carpentry teacher installed solar power for his house. he's technically still on the grid, in the sense that they're connected to his house. he teaches so he only use a moderate amount of electricity but every month he gets a check from the electric company, because the house does lack batteries so since the energy he doesn't use can't be stored it's send back to the electric company.
Vertical Horizon I commented because thought this was pertinent to the topic. You commented your feelings and thtis respectable. So look forward to seeing you reply to another 9 mnth old comment
True. Everyone is open minded until someone disagrees with them. On another note, people who get sucked into the political bullshit in this country is a fool.
Well, you could just place to solar panels next to a road or in an off area. To make solar roads has almost only negative effects. it costs more, it has to go through a much higher burden and to replace them you would need to stop the traffic and all that shit.
If you're on the grid and there is a power outage your panels need to switch themselves off as well so that the circuits aren't live when the crews go out to fix the system. It won't give you power when everyone else has none but it will save you money on your bills. can you imagine being really off the grid and trying to run your expensive electronics with such a variable source? I think the only reliable way to store power for night time use or use during a real outage if you were really off the grid would be some kind of kinetic storage E.G. pumping water into a holding dam.
It would be uncomfortable at first but being off grid would help people realize we don’t need all the modern amenities we surround ourselves with. Just bc someone said we needed running water and wifi?
the sad truth is, if the powers that be WERE ACTUALLY TRYING to improve things we'd be living with the Jetsons right now, but that's the point. there's no profit in improving our lives... but that should be obvious at this point....
I have a 6 star energy solar home.. on the grid. It would be much more awesome to have off grid too available, or at least a buy back scheme where any additional energy I generate I can sell back to the grid.. there are different buy back rates with different providers at least here in Victoria so it pays to shop around. I'm a big fan of passive income & rely on it often so a system like that could help somewhat. \o/ The NBN fibre internet deal here in Oz is tres lame. Cost over a grand to install, supposed to be capable of 1 gig speeds but the stupid government / ISPs are only 'capable' of providing I think 100mb max. Pfft.
So let me get this right, Bill. You want solar power so that your fan will continue to run when the shit hits it? OK.....Actually all auxiliary power units (gas powered generators etc. for emergency use) should be set up to isolate from the grid. This way when Goober climbs the power pole to fix the problem, he doesn't get his balls lit up because you wanted to watch re-runs of The Donna Reed Show.
Yeah it would be awesome with solar roads, unfortunately its impossible, just building them alone would cost many times the yearly income of the entire america, and then comes removing all the current roads, installing these road panel, maintenance etc, not to mention the loss in power generated from only having the panels pointed directly at the sun for a fraction of the time possible, and no power at all at night. Instead the money should go into improving roof solar panels, to the point where they become so efficient and cheap, everyone can afford covering their roof with them and basically remove their electrical bill.
You will never save money trying to make your own electricity. Green energy is cool but you will spend way more for it and it will not be a fraction as reliable as the grid. The Grid is a blessing
when shit hits the fan you should be living up in northern California I have 200 acre ranch totally off the grid not even tied into the grid the closest power line is like 2 miles away it's awesome.
Nick Wilhelm Jo yes solar panels with a battery Bank of deep cell batteries and a back up Kubota deisel generator that will charge up the battery Bank if there isn't enough sun.
It's pretty expensive to go off grid. You can have your solar power set up with a battery backup so that you will still have power when the power goes off. Just get quotes from multiple vendors.
sfguy2000 the powers that be wont make it easy to be completely independent from their system, while maintaining the same lifestyle with as the rest of the first world. I know you just are saying electricity wise but the full go would make a fuckin DENT. and ya still gotta pay taxes... they got that shit on a lock, and they threw away that key boiiiii
I don't know. If you get the right ones and you have enough space, they can be pretty efficient. My high school, which was a small, hippy, lib-tastic type of school, actually had the energy company giving them energy credits because the solar panels were providing all the energy for the school and then some. Then during winter the school hardly to pay anything for electric because the credits covered most of the bill. It worked for them, I don't know why it couldn't work for personal households on a smaller scale. The only problem I could see is people not doing their research, then fucking up and blaming it on the panels. They can be very inefficient and expensive investment if you don't have the right set up.
Shit. I didn't catch that you said roadways. Solar cars are never going to work. Electric cars are a pipe dream too, unless you live in an urban area where you can find chargers every quarter mile. I think that we need to overhaul public transportation, specifically rail. Bullet trains for commuting and a more efficient, more high-brow bussing system would save so much money in construction for the government and gas/car maintenance for the public. Plus, cars are a terrible investment from a longevity standpoint. They lose value instantly and depreciate faster than pretty much any other major asset. Then, you have to pour more money into maintenance and gas. It's a raw deal. If people were more aware of this and had public transport alternatives, people would turn away from owning personal vehicles. They might lease a couple cars to make local transportation easier, but besides that I think car ownership will become an antiquated thing eventually.
Peter they're*, first of all. Yeah yeah, "it's just RUclips not an essay"... yeah, you still look like an illiterate moron anyway. It's 2nd grade shit, get it together. Second, essentially you're saying, "I think they suck, watch this video that specifically reinforces MY opinion and ignores anything that contradicts it in any way." Not to mention: if solar energy had even HALF the R&D funding behind it that the fossil fuel industry has, or the US military spends EVERY YEAR on bullshit we don't and won't ever need, solar tech would improve astronomically. But that'll never happen because the government is too embedded into the industry that it dictates everything. It's also pathetically ironic that all the right-wing nutjobs that are so against "big government" and are so in favour of the 2nd amendment so as to be prepared AGAINST it, are also so in favour of more astronomical and ridiculous levels of military funding, when even A FRACTION of said funding could be used to sort out so many economic issues. It's incredible. Beyond baffling how anyone can even attempt to justify that.
@@TelescopeNoir would you like to rescind this? I installed solar for $3700 before 26% back. It generates over 3mWh a year which I can drive over 10K miles a year on. I charge in my garage. Fuel for the life of my car for under $3K lol.
Here come a bunch of teenagers and kids going to try to speak to living off the grid even though they haven't ever even owned their own house, had a mortgage, etc. Just a bunch of know-it-alls that looked shit up on the internet for 90 seconds and wants to sound like they have all the answers 😂
If you were smart with engineering, I'd tell you to make your own solar panels. You can make way more efficient panels yourself for less than the cost of retail (it's ungodly bad). But of course, Nikola Tesla died before we got stuck om storing solar energy, so the no-sun dependability is crap.
"electrical ahhh... tricity?" love it
😂😆
"We all become one, and we all pick up a hatchet, and we start marching towards the Banker's gated communities. Because the asphalt streets will have to run red with blue blood money before something wonderful like this will ever fucking happen."
Profound levels of truth coming from Bill...
+fiLthy I have been saying the same for decades but can never find any to go with me...
they will gun you down, make no mistake..he is godless and following the other lucifarians. dumb shits!
+fiLthy An even more profound level of truth would be to understand that bankers are just an expression of human nature and therefore killing them wouldn't change anything. The people who killed them would become the new bankers.
"What goods a solar panel if ya ain't got a gun?!"
My pants now contain a little more poo than the did before. Thanks, Bill.
@Jeff Baker that was over a year and a half ago, I guarantee hes at least 7 by now
"Fuhget about the Sullivans. They're not gonna make it."
Ha ha ha haaaaaa. Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode about the bomb shelter.
"Forget about the Sullivans. They're not gonna make it!"
LOL fucken love ya, Bill !
I was watching 2 Broke Girls over here!
Actually some places have made it illegal to be off the grid, claiming it's against local building codes.
I was off the grid for a short while. Was also really easy to do. Don't having any money to pay the bills did the trick for me. What a great thing that was.
Why did you go back?
zeldagoblin
Read my statement with a very sarcastic tone.
"Whut? Cabana? What's that, a cigar?" Lmao😂😂😂
Bill,you are talking about shutting your lights off so nobody can tell you've got power but don't you think they'll notice the big fucking solar panels on your roof?
Cool. if everyone has their own energy source, the county is strategically stronger because there's nothing central to attack to take out the country's power...there's no way to do it. also, power companies and the government don't have you by the balls. its clean and ur self-sufficient. So im in favour.
So you put them in your backyard away from the house so it's away from the shade during the day. As long as you keep people out of your back yard, you're good.
Have a tall fence 😂
In the apocalypse pilots will be like kings. That's gonna be the single most valuable skill there is.
Thunderfoot: I'm gonna end this mans whole career
The Sullivans - 3:30
'em Liberals - 13:00
Amory Lovins is the guy to lookup if you are interested in these big strategies for sustainable energy. The dude is a legend in that field.
WE WILL STILL SEE YOUR SOLAR PANELS!
Keep this up, Bill, & I'm gonna write your name down on the write-in blank of the presidental ballot.
“I was watching 2 broke girls ova hee”
Bill Solar Powered Helicopter Pilot Burr
Oh and by the way, at least where I live the power company has a program where if you run off grid with solar power if you make more solar power than you use they actually pay you for YOUR solar energy to help power the area around you! You basically become a tiny power station. They usually encourage you going off grid, not come after you for it lol.
Here in Japan the solar market is the hottest in the world. Average people are going solar all across the country. They even get money back from the power company because they can sell their surplus electricity to the electric company. During poor weather they can buy back from the same company.
Listening to this while playing jazz radio - Jazz and Burrathon, like cheese and wine (or hot wings and beer, u get the point)
neighbourly love lmfao
Bill you need to talk to Tesla Power. They will turn your house into a Solar Power Station.
Batteries are needed for storage to be off grid. $$$ / Panels either send power to be used now, or they need a storage system for later use.
Off-grid. Most tie into the grid, because most people do not have enough wattage to be net zero which is required to be off grid. Anyway, let the solar sales person explain your options to you. Check out more than one solar vendor, too.
Fair warning, going solar will drastically raise your property value. Which is nice on one hand, but on the other hand your property taxes are gonna jump.
"OHW CLEOHW!"
*Begins sharpening axe*
"I just need some solar panels and a helicopter and I will get the F out of here."
And go where Bill?
Indianapolis
What's wrong with solar panels on your roof and a Tesla battery? I still think the cost of that exceeds the current cost of energy.
is some places in the US and Canada, it is actually illegal to be off the grid.
Solar roads would likely be like bumper cars at the carnival.
I don't know about the US, but in Canada there is a program that allows home-owners to sell any extra power they produce back to the electricity company to help power other homes. So if your solar panels produce more energy than you use, you can feed it back to the main power grid and get paid. It's why there were a lot of companies that did roof installations. I think however, that program became more popular than they anticipated, and that they ended up paying out less per kilowatt. Either way, I dont think you can get in any trouble for not using the power company - as far as I know there is no law against being self-sustaining.
Same program, same problem in Australia
+Human “Mr” Smith and England :/
dude how did you level up your responsibility so high?
Google is doing a project called Sunroof where you can look up how much a certain address can make from solar power. I think it's being tested in Boston, San Francisco, and Fresno.
the way solar works if you are still on the grid is that your panels make your energy, but they make more than you need. The extra is actually fed back into the grid and instead of a bill you get a small check monthly. As far as I know it is illegal to go off the grid completely if you are in the city and can face criminal charges.
if you pay for more panels than you need you will have more power than you need but you still have to pay.
not all places will buy back the energy that you produce.
Crazylalalalala true, you have to check what the policy is in your state. In some states they actually want to start taxing anyone who uses solar panels that sell energy back to the grid.
Fred Haro
yea, also some municipalities may increase your property taxes. arguing that your property value went up with the installed solar panels.
I know someone who bought a system that will completely offset their energy consumption only to have their taxes increased by more than they were spending on energy to begin with resulting in a net lost of money.
this. and also, dont you get government grants to install them aswell
Solar panels in the desert isn't going to help much if you don't have water.
Would it be a major change to the construction for the system to be on the grid but have an off-grid backup alternative? I mean why make it any other way?
If your plan is to save money don’t go solar. If you’re doing it to get off the grid or be self sufficient then go ahead.
"I was watching 2 broke girls here!"
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stop watching sport bill, you are spot on mate
Look up videos why solar roads dont work:) Be informed!!!!
If you're gonna go solor go through solorcity it's the biggest solor installation business in the states.
solar panels plus Tesla Powerwall p[us Tesla model S or X will have you independent from oil and rhe grid
There is a more efficient method of capturing solar energy coming to market in 5-10 years. It can be formed in layers and constructed in different colours a bit like stained glass.
Current silicon solar panels are ridiculously expensive in both cost and environmental impact. To make pure silicon you need to heat it to 1400c/2500f.
Solar Roads?...
the amount of energy, and resources it would take to make all those solar plane roads,,, its just not possible
My welding/carpentry teacher installed solar power for his house. he's technically still on the grid, in the sense that they're connected to his house. he teaches so he only use a moderate amount of electricity but every month he gets a check from the electric company, because the house does lack batteries so since the energy he doesn't use can't be stored it's send back to the electric company.
+Carisma1005 No one gives a lackluster fuck about your teacher's house. Or your teacher.
Vertical Horizon I commented because thought this was pertinent to the topic. You commented your feelings and thtis respectable. So look forward to seeing you reply to another 9 mnth old comment
+Carisma1005 I envy you, I want to partake in welding AND carpentry. But 6 months for PRE apprenticeship training?! ludicrous
+Pogo M *6 weeks. still ludicrous
True. Everyone is open minded until someone disagrees with them. On another note, people who get sucked into the political bullshit in this country is a fool.
Oh the irony in that comment...
I like off the grid too......they don't get mad at you but I am sure it's a bitch of a surcharge if you want to reconnect.
Well, you could just place to solar panels next to a road or in an off area. To make solar roads has almost only negative effects. it costs more, it has to go through a much higher burden and to replace them you would need to stop the traffic and all that shit.
If you're on the grid and there is a power outage your panels need to switch themselves off as well so that the circuits aren't live when the crews go out to fix the system. It won't give you power when everyone else has none but it will save you money on your bills. can you imagine being really off the grid and trying to run your expensive electronics with such a variable source?
I think the only reliable way to store power for night time use or use during a real outage if you were really off the grid would be some kind of kinetic storage E.G. pumping water into a holding dam.
I do agree with you about thinning the Hurd .
Tesla box is awesome
I loves Bill’s anarchist socialist rants because you know he has no clue how that shit has never and will never work or why it will never work.
It would be uncomfortable at first but being off grid would help people realize we don’t need all the modern amenities we surround ourselves with. Just bc someone said we needed running water and wifi?
the sad truth is, if the powers that be WERE ACTUALLY TRYING to improve things we'd be living with the Jetsons right now, but that's the point. there's no profit in improving our lives... but that should be obvious at this point....
I have a 6 star energy solar home.. on the grid. It would be much more awesome to have off grid too available, or at least a buy back scheme where any additional energy I generate I can sell back to the grid.. there are different buy back rates with different providers at least here in Victoria so it pays to shop around. I'm a big fan of passive income & rely on it often so a system like that could help somewhat. \o/ The NBN fibre internet deal here in Oz is tres lame. Cost over a grand to install, supposed to be capable of 1 gig speeds but the stupid government / ISPs are only 'capable' of providing I think 100mb max. Pfft.
Passive and active solar heating. Passive heating try that
Do they get mad at ya lol
So let me get this right, Bill. You want solar power so that your fan will continue to run when the shit hits it? OK.....Actually all auxiliary power units (gas powered generators etc. for emergency use) should be set up to isolate from the grid. This way when Goober climbs the power pole to fix the problem, he doesn't get his balls lit up because you wanted to watch re-runs of The Donna Reed Show.
the powers that should not be
Yeah it would be awesome with solar roads, unfortunately its impossible, just building them alone would cost many times the yearly income of the entire america, and then comes removing all the current roads, installing these road panel, maintenance etc, not to mention the loss in power generated from only having the panels pointed directly at the sun for a fraction of the time possible, and no power at all at night. Instead the money should go into improving roof solar panels, to the point where they become so efficient and cheap, everyone can afford covering their roof with them and basically remove their electrical bill.
we haven't printed enough money and it wouldn't work
The govt. Def doesnt want ALL of us to be off the grid, Thats for damn sure!
Do it Bill... do it!
who's "us", Bill?
You will never save money trying to make your own electricity. Green energy is cool but you will spend way more for it and it will not be a fraction as reliable as the grid. The Grid is a blessing
Bill, solarcity is a great company to buy your solar from. Elon musk is its chairman
Whats a hippie?
I'm joking, I'm joking.... I looked it up on Google :P
Bearded wonder 🤣
Wouldn't the cars block the sun from the solar panels on a majority of roads?
when shit hits the fan you should be living up in northern California I have 200 acre ranch totally off the grid not even tied into the grid the closest power line is like 2 miles away it's awesome.
+Sean Fries Solar panels? Or do you use other means?
maybe like a treadmill connected to the power central?
Nick Wilhelm Jo yes solar panels with a battery Bank of deep cell batteries and a back up Kubota deisel generator that will charge up the battery Bank if there isn't enough sun.
Guess Cleo is ASHY!!
Put a windmill on the top of your car, inertia; but nobody is talking about that are they..
that Backwoods Solar shit was hilarious
If you cut the gas and electricity off for afew months they deem the property unlivable.
It is illegal in Florida to be off the grid.
It's pretty expensive to go off grid. You can have your solar power set up with a battery backup so that you will still have power when the power goes off. Just get quotes from multiple vendors.
sfguy2000 the powers that be wont make it easy to be completely independent from their system, while maintaining the same lifestyle with as the rest of the first world. I know you just are saying electricity wise but the full go would make a fuckin DENT. and ya still gotta pay taxes... they got that shit on a lock, and they threw away that key boiiiii
Hey Bill. Re Solar roadways... Basically, there shit! Please watch thunderfoot vid on them. It's rubbish!
I don't know. If you get the right ones and you have enough space, they can be pretty efficient. My high school, which was a small, hippy, lib-tastic type of school, actually had the energy company giving them energy credits because the solar panels were providing all the energy for the school and then some. Then during winter the school hardly to pay anything for electric because the credits covered most of the bill. It worked for them, I don't know why it couldn't work for personal households on a smaller scale. The only problem I could see is people not doing their research, then fucking up and blaming it on the panels. They can be very inefficient and expensive investment if you don't have the right set up.
Shit. I didn't catch that you said roadways. Solar cars are never going to work. Electric cars are a pipe dream too, unless you live in an urban area where you can find chargers every quarter mile. I think that we need to overhaul public transportation, specifically rail. Bullet trains for commuting and a more efficient, more high-brow bussing system would save so much money in construction for the government and gas/car maintenance for the public. Plus, cars are a terrible investment from a longevity standpoint. They lose value instantly and depreciate faster than pretty much any other major asset. Then, you have to pour more money into maintenance and gas. It's a raw deal. If people were more aware of this and had public transport alternatives, people would turn away from owning personal vehicles. They might lease a couple cars to make local transportation easier, but besides that I think car ownership will become an antiquated thing eventually.
He's talking about people trying to make roads out of solar panels.
Peter they're*, first of all. Yeah yeah, "it's just RUclips not an essay"... yeah, you still look like an illiterate moron anyway. It's 2nd grade shit, get it together.
Second, essentially you're saying, "I think they suck, watch this video that specifically reinforces MY opinion and ignores anything that contradicts it in any way."
Not to mention: if solar energy had even HALF the R&D funding behind it that the fossil fuel industry has, or the US military spends EVERY YEAR on bullshit we don't and won't ever need, solar tech would improve astronomically. But that'll never happen because the government is too embedded into the industry that it dictates everything.
It's also pathetically ironic that all the right-wing nutjobs that are so against "big government" and are so in favour of the 2nd amendment so as to be prepared AGAINST it, are also so in favour of more astronomical and ridiculous levels of military funding, when even A FRACTION of said funding could be used to sort out so many economic issues. It's incredible. Beyond baffling how anyone can even attempt to justify that.
@@TelescopeNoir would you like to rescind this? I installed solar for $3700 before 26% back. It generates over 3mWh a year which I can drive over 10K miles a year on. I charge in my garage. Fuel for the life of my car for under $3K lol.
Sun Power has the best solar panels.
Contact me, I've worked in solar. I'm up here in Berkeley. I worked for a green architect.
+jaguarundi21 No.
@@verticalhorizon4633 what's wrong with the architect is he sick?
I Cleos mind, Bill ihas to be a lunatic that talks to him self for hours and thinks it's the most important shit he does. Hillarious.
Here come a bunch of teenagers and kids going to try to speak to living off the grid even though they haven't ever even owned their own house, had a mortgage, etc. Just a bunch of know-it-alls that looked shit up on the internet for 90 seconds and wants to sound like they have all the answers 😂
It is illegal.... everything is illegal that has to do with self sustainability.
Windmills are better
Easy on the anti free market rhetoric. It shows ignorance. If the solar highways were financially feasible they would be in place. :)
+EdP IV In one ear and out the other, eh Bernie?
If you were smart with engineering, I'd tell you to make your own solar panels. You can make way more efficient panels yourself for less than the cost of retail (it's ungodly bad). But of course, Nikola Tesla died before we got stuck om storing solar energy, so the no-sun dependability is crap.
I thought you were an intelligent man, then you got married. I lost all confidence in your reasoning.
Jealous