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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news:op.z28ovyvgwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:53:14 +0100, Rod Speed
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
>> news:op.z28l9spswdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:op.z28fv72iwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...
>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:13:27 +0100, Rod Speed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "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.
>>
>> Very few of the better paid get paid that way anymore.
>
> There are ways round things for everyone.
Nope. Those with most jobs get paid by their employer and
their employer tells the tax dept how much they got paid.
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