Recently, I came across the April 1959 issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine.
It had the article: Heat Your House With Solar Energy, by John I Yellot.
It had the article: Heat Your House With Solar Energy, by John I Yellot.
I've been looking at solar energy for a few years now, including solar thermal for heating. It's very interesting to see this early work of this solar pioneer.
The issue of economics was also mentioned back then:
"The principles of solar heating are simple. The trick is to install the equipment at a cost so low that the total annual cost of owning it and whatever auxiliary equipment is needed to ensure good year-round performance is less than the cost of doing the entire heating job by conventional methods."
It's good to see that after 50 years, there are a lot more efficient, and cost effective solar systems on the market now!
