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1. larryllix
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Funny the $30,000 …
   Funny the $30,000 worth of batteries and $4,000 inverter to run a hotplate from 250 watts of PV panels wasn’t shown.
2. filipiliescu
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Unfortunately the …
   Unfortunately the hole instalation for a house is very expensive. In Europe the smalest posible instalations(SWH and Fotovoltaic instalation) and the cheapest induction cooking mashine cost more then 5000 euros~7000$. Maybe with some help and desire to do good can cost 4000 $…This is very expensive for many of the people.
3. filipiliescu
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Well…the movie is …
   Well…the movie is made very good. In fact this could be achived but what is not shown(and is not needed) is the entire instalation. First we see a Sun Water Heeter on the left of the electric pannel solving the heated water problem. The problem with cooking is solved by using an induction cooking mashine – 40-60% more eficient then gas or electrical. The energy is stored in some car bateries charged by the solar pannel.
4. jollyjacs
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   The music was …
   The music was performed by a South African mbira musician called Ross Johnson, and all put together by Wilding Penderis – our sound designer.
5. Person009
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Song?
   Song?
6. thecompmaster
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   great video, …
   great video, everyone should have something like that, expecially those more financially able.
7. b5baxter
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Oops, I missed the …
   Oops, I missed the SHW heater the first time I watched it! Well done!
8. lucidpix
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Very fair comment …
   Very fair comment in general.
   Except you missed that he’s installing the panels next to an existing solar water heater.

   Really the only item that we took ‘poetic license’ with was the hotplate.
   At the time of shooting, we felt that the purpose of a 90sec spot was not so much to be 100% accurate as to give a general impression of the direction to move. Perhaps adding the hotplate was unnecessary.
   Thank you for your comment.
9. b5baxter
   January 15, 2010
   7:50 pm

   Creating …
   Creating unrealistic expectations for green technologies doesn’t help the cause – it harms it.
10. b5baxter
    January 15, 2010
    7:50 pm

    Great video.
    But… …
    Great video.
    But…

    I think that when we are promoting green technologies we should be accurate and appropriate. The video seems to imply that the two solar panels are able to supply enough electricity to run a light, electric burner and hot water. This is extremely unlikely – more likely impossible.

    The light certainly but not the hot water and cooking. It would be more appropriate (and less expensive) to use solar hot water panels for the water heating.
11. dun3rat
    January 15, 2010
    7:50 pm

    1st prize at the …
    1st prize at the 2007 Commonwealth Vision Awards last night! Wonderful!