On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Scott Stewart <saste...@email.unc.edu> wrote:
53 years to break even if you count my share. Who do you think pays you're offset? > Done the math... at 75% offset with incentives and tax breaks it'll cost > me 75k to install, save me $115 *a month* > (that's almost $1400 a year, which is a bit more than $500) I'll save > even more if I install a rooftop turbine. > > My break even is 13 years... and if I sell I can recover the entire > amount plus some. > >> > 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid > http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-hybrid/ > > 2010 Honda Insight > http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/2010-honda-insight.htm > > They're investing a lot of time and production for technology that you > say that they're going to drop They dropped it in 2006-7 with the insight and the accord then brought it back when fuel costs went up. > I guess I'm missing your point, yes it's tech that's been around for a > while, but only in the last few years has mass consumer production > become available. > I've done alot of home work with residential solar power, I *HATE* > Progress Energy, our local electric power barons, I certainly wouldn't > cry if I contributed to them going out of business by getting off of > their grid. Solar panels have been available to homeowners for decades. I keep hearing they'll be worthwhile soon, over and over again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
