continued from pg. 5 provided the car with about 5,500 driving miles at a cost of about .04 cents per mile. We paid our cooperative for about 1,667 kWh - mostly to charge the electric vehicle's battery pack. Our home builder included a partial solar system in the base price of the home. We paid $7,950 to increase the size of the solar system to supply most of the home's power needs during the year. We believe the builder paid a little over $4,000 for the partial solar system. Our solar system is leased for 20 years; the solar company maintains the system. If our results from future years are similar to this first year, our upfront investment will be paid back in eight years. - Kenneth B. Anderson, Lake Frederick BLACK POWDER OR NITRO WAS LIKELY EXPLOSIVE IN VASTINE INJURY Year's Data on Solar Home in Frederick County I always enjoy your magazine and especially the Crossroads articles. The local history they carry is very interesting and gives everyone an appreciation of the rich local heritage we all have. The October article on Stickleyville was no exception. It contains, however, a rather common error. When describing explosives orhttp://www.co-opliving.com