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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z28ilmacwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:44:02 +0100, Rod Speed    
   > wrote:   
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   >> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >> news:op.z28fv72iwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:13:27 +0100, Rod Speed    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
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   >>>> "Daniel60"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:qdo3gd$ia1$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>> Commander Kinsey wrote on 11/06/2019 8:09 AM:   
   >>>>>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:53:25 +0100, Daniel60   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Commander Kinsey wrote on 10/06/2019 12:50 AM:   
   >>>>>>>> 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?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> No!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Might be a British acronym.  It's a long term savings account.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is that something like what U.S.A'ians cal a 401K ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yep.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> what we in Australia call Superannuation??   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nope, that's compulsory. The poms call that NI, National Insurance.   
   >>>   
   >>> You don't have to pay that.   
   >>   
   >> Yes you do if you are working and are paid more than a pittance.   
   >   
   > And are honest.   
      
   Honesty is irrelevant with most wage slaves.   
      
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