Yes kilowatts, that is what you pay on your electric bill isn't it? The fact that you pay $5/mo on your electric bill tells us very little. I pay $30 to $40 a month for electricity. Your system is worth apx. $420 a year. If you paid more than $10,000 for your system you got royally .....
I also don't know the original cost of the panels by themselves, as they were part of the system. Do you know how much the engine in your last car cost?
Why yes I do. I sell engines : ) Airplane engines in particular.
Bad news, dude. At some point the T bills and all those entitlements will end up being paid off with hyper-inflated dollars. Do you seriously think we're going to give the Chinese and our own retirees full value for what we owe them? Sure, I know for a fact I'll get back every penny I've put in Social "Security". A Micky D's hamburger may cost $3000.00, but I will get back every penny...
Do you know how the Chinese keep their Yuan "pegged"? They do it by subsidizing the dollar. I realize that we are seeing massive inflation right now but the "huge" but unspoken worry is deflation and a collapse of the financial market. You don't really think that your PVC cells are going to protect you do you?
Given the cost of putting up a coal fired plant, if everyone followed your guidelines, we'd have an electrical power system worthy of the Amish.
I know for a fact that Shell and Exxon do.
Really? By the same reasoning one should NEVER buy a computer!
You are confusing consumables with investments. I guess that is why you see your PVC system as an investment.
he price drops and the performance improves on a near daily basis. Your money is always better off in T-bills, or in this case even under your mattress!
Cash is a depreciating asset, (unless our economy goes deflationary).
Let me give you a quick economic lesson. Buy appreciating assets and sell depreciating assets.
No, they bill me for Kilowatt-hours.
If you paid more than $10,000 for your system you got royally .....
I didn't. Neener neeener neener!
Why yes I do. I sell engines : )
LOL! Touché!
Do you know how the Chinese keep their Yuan "pegged"? They do it by subsidizing the dollar.
Yep. And the will keep doing it as long as they can afford to! We bankrupted the old Soviet Union...
You don't really think that your PVC cells are going to protect you do you?
Only from being stuck sitting in the dark!
I know for a fact that Shell and Exxon do.
Eh? They're using Kerosene lamps?
You are confusing consumables with investments. I guess that is why you see your PVC system as an investment.
Probably. That and the fact that the system hasn't been consumed, and is part of the physical plant of my house, has raised my property value, and is making me a little money every month.
Let me give you a quick economic lesson. Buy appreciating assets and sell depreciating assets.
Advice on par with telling me the stock market will fluctuate...