Jay, I had a a cracker in my mouth when I read your post; this is being written after I cleaned up the crumbs I splatterd--guffawed, rather--allllll over. So I got this Dimmy Jean story. I was a Saturday morning talk show host (among other tasks) on KWMS in Salt Lake in 1980 and 1981. I booked Dimmy on in my second or third week. Just after our first break, he said: "Gee, you don't seem to have many callers." "Well," I responded, "They're -your- fans." He didn't stay for the second break.

I live in Germany and have solar panels installed on my roof. In summer, these panels generate over 2000 kilowatts per month (in December, it's only 150 kilowatts though). The total energy yield in 2006 was almost 15000 kilowatts altogether. And I'm in the North, where the weather is more cloudy/rainy than usual, and my roof doesn't face in the ideal direction either.

So yes, alternative energy does work.

I live in Germany and have solar panels installed on my roof. In summer, these panels generate over 2000 kilowatts per month (in December, it's only 150 kilowatts though). The total energy yield in 2006 was almost 15000 kilowatts altogether. And I'm in the North, where the weather is more cloudy/rainy than usual, and my roof doesn't face in the ideal direction either.

So yes, alternative energy does work.

Cora

The cover art for Realms is lovely.