Systems could cost from $17,000 to $20,000 and would not pay for themselves as customers would typically pay $120 a month to repay the purchase price and then receive about US$70 in "returns" in electricity generated.
1 posted on
08/07/2004 12:22:26 PM PDT by
snopercod
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'm still trying to get the hang of this new posting system.
2 posted on
08/07/2004 12:23:24 PM PDT by
snopercod
(Nine out of the 10 recessions since World War II have occurred after a big run-up in oil prices.)
To: snopercod
The state grants are designed to make the system pay. There is a fallacy in here somewhere. Can't quite put my finger on it.
3 posted on
08/07/2004 12:25:13 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: snopercod
The amount of energy required to manufacture and install a solar panel is roughly equivalent to what the panel will itself produce over its entire projected lifetime, so I'm not sure I see the point.
5 posted on
08/07/2004 12:32:49 PM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: snopercod
Hey! I'm doing my part. I have a solar powered calculator around here somewhere. Where's my rebate???
6 posted on
08/07/2004 12:35:39 PM PDT by
TaxPayer2000
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