1. I got a lotta land
2. It never rains here...lol.....i'm in the best place in the country for solar. it's a cactus patch
Maybe when I can scrape up enough cash to build a house I can go solar........The problem is with initial set up. It's pretty expensive....i could actually be sellin back to the power company. too bad they won't pay what they charge.
As far as water goes, solar water heaters are pretty common here. Other than that I can't figure out how to profit off the pool.
Well if you are familiar with water (from even just cooking) you should be able to get my gist. What I was thinking is that if you take a body of water and then find a way to make it so that the bottom heats faster than the top to get currents to start forming from the convection of heat (energy).
Then, perhaps hook up turbines in the pool to generators and see if they will spin sufficiently to generate power. Though, it'd probably be less efficient than straight solar, and possible more expensive.
I don't know for sure though, but it might be even possible to try it with something as simple as a large kettle of water to gauge efficiency, but I really don't think the efficiency is going to be there against Solar. Of course, I could be wrong, and it could be just as efficient, or more efficient.