How Much is Your Roof Worth?

Al Gore's Solar Roof

"RoofRay is a fantastic new Google Maps hack that allows you to zoom in on any American address' rooftop, specify the surface area available on that roof for solar panels and then calculate the potential power of the system, in total and per square foot. You need to know some arcane details — like the roof angle, a good guess will do— but it's an excellent resource if you're trying to get a rough independent gauge on whether an investment in solar power would pay for itself any time in your lifetime." Boing Boing

World's Largest Solar Kitchen

One of the most sacred places in an Indian home is the kitchen. Now a temple in Rajasthan India has collaborated with Solare-Brucke in Germany to design a kitchen with so much heat and so much space the organization can prepare 38,500 meals a day! Holy tandoori! Additional statistics about the installation boggle the mind.

We know that Indians sure can cook, but now it appears they can also go green in a monumental way. Read on.

Also, there is the completely solar powered Hindu temple being constructed outside Chino, California. After leading the way in technology and programming innovations, it appears the Indians may also show us how to innovate with solar energy for large structures. Om shanti.

Solar. How much would it take?

Could the US meet its energy needs with solar panels alone? The answer here.