XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics
From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:16:18 +0100, Xeno wrote:
> On 14/6/19 8:57 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Naivety noted!
The naivety is people believing the government does us good.
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