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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z3ch2runwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 04:12:33 +0100, Xeno  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 13/6/19 2:41 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:52:50 +0100, Xeno    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 12/6/19 4:20 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You might not, we do, no choice.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's about time we got rid of government altogether.  There's no   
   >>> freedoms left.   
   >>   
   >> So you like anarchy, eh? My guess is you've never experienced it. Had   
   >> you ever done so, you wouldn't make such naive statements as that above.   
   >   
   > Anything is better than government control.   
      
   Then you should fuck off to ethiopia and die there.   
      
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