http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/12/24/choosing-to-use-the-sun/ Discovering Sustainability Worldwide Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/12/24/choosing-to-use-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Keith Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:22:02 +0000 http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/?p=804#comment-1149 Eric - thanks for the comment. I agree that no matter where we were in the world we would nearly universally find 2 things, cell phones and satellite TV. Eric – thanks for the comment. I agree that no matter where we were in the world we would nearly universally find 2 things, cell phones and satellite TV.

]]> http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/2009/12/24/choosing-to-use-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 eric helgoth Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:41:57 +0000 http://www.greenaroundtheglobe.com/?p=804#comment-1142 Great post Keith! I'm an Architect and I traveled throughout Turkey for 2 1/2 months. Those solar hot water heaters were one of the first things I noticed on many roof tops in Istanbul. It was a consistantly recurring theme where ever I went in the country and especially in some more "remote" villages. Without really asking anyone, I figured it was because the cost of gas/ electric to heat the water was significanly more expensive than the cost of the system therefore their ROI is realized much quicker. I'm also laughing that in the same photo you captured the other, if not more prolific, roof top icon that were everywhere....sometimes two or three deep on houses. As newer models replaced older ones, no one bothered to take them away. I am, of course, referring to the satellite TV dish. ;-) Great post Keith! I’m an Architect and I traveled throughout Turkey for 2 1/2 months. Those solar hot water heaters were one of the first things I noticed on many roof tops in Istanbul. It was a consistantly recurring theme where ever I went in the country and especially in some more “remote” villages. Without really asking anyone, I figured it was because the cost of gas/ electric to heat the water was significanly more expensive than the cost of the system therefore their ROI is realized much quicker. I’m also laughing that in the same photo you captured the other, if not more prolific, roof top icon that were everywhere….sometimes two or three deep on houses. As newer models replaced older ones, no one bothered to take them away. I am, of course, referring to the satellite TV dish.

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