[Gaffer]

If I were Gibson, I’d have told car-salesman Zwalley, “Let me take this back to my manager; I’ll fight like hell for you!”

If the three trees in the picture are what Zwalley’s worried about he’s an idiot. Hell, he’s probably an idiot anyway....the few panels he has for $65,000?

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,Mr Solar Power...go bleep yourself.

[SunTzuWu]

What a waste of money. Even if he saves $300 a month on his power bill, his break even point doesn't come for 18 years. And that assumes that he spends nothing on maintenance.

[Mr. K]

This guy has a$$HOLE WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM

[EGPWS]

He had asked the neighbor, Wade Gibson, not to plant the trees there.

You don't like your neighbor planting tree's on his property?

Simple solution.....

MOVE!

[skinkinthegrass]

wait till the treehuggers get to him..
treehuggers vs greenieweenie.

[Stalwart]

On his roof, wearing flip-flops.

Darwin will eventually take care of him.

[MtBaldy]

Why I love Florida. If the tree hugger doesn’t like it he can GTFO. Gibson’s nicer than I would be. I’ll give anyone a fair chance but once they demonstrate they’re a whack job all bets are off.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I believe “Stick it where the sun don’t shine” is the proper response.

[unixfox]

This numbnuts reminds me of people who move close to an airport then complain about the noise.

[Sequoyah101]

I guess some kind of tax credit makes it work for Zwalley since the best payout on this $65,000 investment is a little over 13 years.

Yeah buddy, that is the way I want to spend my money.

Better than the stock market though?

[mountn man]

$65k for the system.

Saving $300-$400 a month. Lets call it $350.

$350 x 12= $4200 a year

$65,000 ÷ $4200 a year= 16 years

Not to mention interest. Lost, if he paid cash. Paid, if he financed it.

$65,000 x 6%= $3,900 = Not much in savings.

Now of course, if we are talking peace of mind of relying on the electric company, that worth can only be answered by the homeowner.

I wonder how much lawyer fees are going to cost in the end?

[markman46]

this dork spent 65k to save 3600-4800 a yr??? and now he is bit*hing about trees WOW

[BitWielder1]

A frustrated environmentalist versus the environment - hehehe!
Solution: Mount the panels on tall poles.
Who cares about the cost, it's for the environment!

[Clay Moore]

Around here, the hail would destroy his mis-investment in a few years.

[P.O.E.]

Spend $65K on money-losing solar panels then spend untold time and money over a problem that may or may not happen years from now?

[EEGator]

Assuming nothing breaks or needs maintenance, it will pay itself off in 167 - 233 months!

[hoosierham]

Most likely ,by the time the trees actually are shading the panels it won’t matter to Zwalley.

Although I am kind of surprised by the hatred evinced by some for solar and enviromental concerns.

Of course concern for the enviroment once was called “conservation” and had as its goal maximizing human benefits ,both tangible and intangible, while minimizing destruction of the land,plants,and animals.

[mountn man]

OK, lets look at the points.

First, when Gibson moved into his home, there wasn't a house with 44 ugly solar panels on it.

About two months after Zwalley installed the system at his waterfront home off Indian Rocks Road, his next-door neighbor planted three cypress trees, each about 10 feet tall, along his property line.

Sounds to me like Mr Gibson planted the trees to block HIS VIEW of Zwalley's property.

Gibson told Zwalley that he did not think the trees would get that big, but if they did, Gibson would take care of it, according to Zwalley.

That answer wasn't good enough for Zwalley.

The correct answer is: Plant more damned MATURE Cypress trees!

[FrankR]

My feed from the electric company doesn't care where the sun is at any given time of the day or night.

Those are going to be some big-ass trees to "shade" his cells all day long.

I hope the guy who has the trees wins.