XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:42:42 +0100, Rod Speed  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > "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.   
      
   Cash in hand.   
      
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