Can you put solar panels on the bottom of a swimming pool or koi pond? That way you don’t have to use more space of your yard? Or would that be too dangerous or hot?

www.solardave.com SolarDave: What manufacturer do you like to use for solar panels and why? Tony Boniface: We prefer SunPower because for a couple of reasons, one is their efficiency – they are the most efficient panel, also they are all black with also lends for a nice aesthetic attribute. Black seems to blend in to the houses the best, we found they kind of disappear. Those are the two main reason, but SunPower has made a big effort to counter where the industry has been fits and starts they force dealers to traditionally forced to inventory panels, SunPower is all about just-in-time delivery. So it makes a difference from a cash flow point. For a small business that can be critical. They are (SunPower) are very interested in growing their market share and they realize the one way to do that is to make our market share grow – they understand and cater to the small business both from an inventory stand point and a marketing materials stand point and sales department and training. So they do a really good job of assisting there dealers where ever possible. SolarDave: What other panels do you like to use? Tony Boniface: By request of on occasion if we can’t get what we need from SunPower we for a particular project we may fall to EverGreen or Kyocera for instance – both good makers, EverGreen has the advantage of they are an American company. Kyocera in my opinion has been in the industry the longest and has stayed the course. They are also a materials company they make …

In order to acheive independence from Fossil fuels like many want us to do. I was wondering how many windmills and solar panels would we need to generate the power necessary to be ‘green’. How long would we need to get such an infrastructure in place?