I just went to a lecture on Jack Rabbit Homesteads. These are the 5 acre parcels San bernardino gave to people just for building a small cottage. <br>If nothing else they are very interesting to photograph. There are also a bunch of whacky characters associated with them and this area.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.jackrabbithomestead.com/">http://www.jackrabbithomestead.com/</a><br><br>You can find property owner info on the san bernardino PIMS. You have to go to the office to get addresses.<br>I wanted to put solar panels on these because they have utilities nearby. Unfortunately, I would have to use the Merchant Generator program where the power company <br>
would buy electricity from me for only 7 cents /  kwh. I cant do it for that.<br>So Cal Ed tells me that the net metering program will be required to buy power from residents that is leftover after a 12 month period in 2011. I assume this will be at the wholesale rate.<br>
Currently, you can only subtract electricity generated by your panels from your currrent bill. You cant sell more than you use.<br>Solar panel technolgy has reached a plateau. The price should come down substantially. As usual China has beat us to the punch in this area. We spend our money on war and oil<br>
instead of R and D.<br><br><br>I just want to defend ACORN. They helped me get a house and made sure I could afford it.<br>Programs are needed for lo income people because banks only want to loan money to large corporations that are too big to fail.<br>
If we did not bail out large concerns banks would have to take risks to earn higher interest rates in order to pay rates that encourage depositors.<br>I&#39;m sorry but the days of parking your money in a high interest account are gone. If you want to earn high interest you have to take risks.<br>
There is a propaganda book called, &quot;Good to Great&quot; that claims to describe how some companies become great.<br>Almost every company cited in that book made money from war or other unfair business practices. <br>
<br>Curtis<br>