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haikugal Donating Member (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 05:05 PM
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4. Bingo...there's more to the cost than just what comes out of our pocket.
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  -EV Drivers Adopt Solar Chargers to Wean Themselves Off the Grid jpak  Nov-23-11 04:31 PM   #0 
  - "...cheap.." Wonder how much his "cheap" 4.4 kw rooftop system cost him nt  msongs   Nov-23-11 04:34 PM   #1 
  - With California incentives and Federal (Dem) solar tax credits - not much  jpak   Nov-23-11 04:36 PM   #2 
  - I recently priced a system....  PamW   Nov-24-11 12:22 PM   #8 
     - WRONG PPam - PV systems are now ~$7000 per kW before ANY incentive or tax credits  jpak   Nov-24-11 04:48 PM   #9 
     - Put up or shut up  PamW   Nov-26-11 12:40 PM   #12 
     - You'll be hearing crickets for a long, long time.  TheWraith   Nov-26-11 01:55 PM   #13 
     - No wonder you two love nuclear, you can't do basic arithmetic  kristopher   Nov-26-11 04:39 PM   #14 
        - Completely avoiding what you were actually asked, as usual.  TheWraith   Nov-26-11 05:12 PM   #15 
        - You wrote:  kristopher   Nov-26-11 05:24 PM   #16 
        - While your math is correct, I've noticed most people don't mentally operate like that  NickB79   Nov-27-11 06:23 PM   #23 
           - There is a time and place where it is effective, I believe.  kristopher   Nov-27-11 07:33 PM   #24 
     - OK PPam - current US PV module prices are $2.49 per watt - for a 4 kW systems that's $9960  jpak   Nov-27-11 11:50 AM   #18 
     - More to it...  PamW   Nov-27-11 01:22 PM   #19 
        - You don't anyone to believe that is the system you claim to have gotten a quote on, do you?  kristopher   Nov-27-11 01:28 PM   #20 
        - "The above might cover the solar panels themselves." WRONG WRONG WRONG  jpak   Nov-27-11 02:31 PM   #21 
        - Your lack of technical acumen includes pathetic ignorance of the *reality* called "net metering"  jpak   Nov-27-11 02:35 PM   #22 
           - That's not always the case -- much to my chagrin  txlibdem   Nov-29-11 07:33 AM   #26 
     - Show your work...eom  Kolesar   Nov-24-11 05:03 PM   #10 
     - Your pants are aflame.  diane in sf   Nov-27-11 09:06 PM   #25 
  - I wonder how many human lives our oil dependency has cost ALL of us.  kestrel91316   Nov-23-11 04:39 PM   #3 
  - Bingo...there's more to the cost than just what comes out of our pocket.  haikugal   Nov-23-11 05:05 PM   #4 
     - I've heard of increased health issues if you live within 1/4th or 1/2 mile of a freeway  txlibdem   Nov-29-11 07:35 AM   #27 
  - Make sure you amortize over the at-least-twenty-five-year life of the system.  Tesha   Nov-23-11 05:21 PM   #5 
  - He lives in the right place to do it ...  Nihil   Nov-24-11 03:33 AM   #6 
  - You can even get a decent amount of solar in the fog belt in San Francisco.  diane in sf   Nov-25-11 07:06 PM   #11 
  - And that is a perfect example of how we get our asses off the oil tit  madokie   Nov-24-11 04:36 AM   #7 
  - In 2012, how many electric vehicles can you choose from?  txlibdem   Nov-26-11 06:07 PM   #17 
 

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