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   Commander Kinsey to daniel47@eternal-september.org   
   Re: Very few solar panels on new houses   
   09 Jun 19 15:50:38   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:01:28 +0100, Daniel60    
   wrote:   
      
   > Commander Kinsey wrote on 8/06/2019 4:04 AM:   
   >> On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:46:18 +0100, Bob F  wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >>> You know this for every supplier in the world?   
   >>   
   >> Well if you live in the desert maybe you can actually make real money   
   >> instead of stealing it from the taxpayer.  But in most places, solar   
   >> panels are next to useless unless you want to charge up a couple of AA   
   >> batteries.   
   >   
   > No farm, just a normal 3 bedroom house with 20 solar panels that I   
   > installed about two years ago costing about $4,500.00.   
   >   
   > Last month, being the start of Winter, i.e. lower sunlight levels, my   
   > Solar rebate (after any power I might have used during the day) was   
   > $21.49, so, even at this low sunlight rate, I'd repay the panel costs in   
   > about 17.5 years.   
   >   
   > O.K., I'd have not earned interest on that $4,500 for that time, but,   
   > then again, I'd have been getting 'free' daylight power myself for that   
   > time!!   
   >   
   > Taking into account the greater quantity of power I will(/have) be   
   > generating during Summer, that pay-back time would be reduced (to,   
   > maybe, 10 years'ish!!).   
   >   
   > Just saying!!   
      
   I wouldn't buy something that took 10 years to break even.  Ever heard of an   
   ISA?   
      
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