On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 3:22:12 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
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> On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:22:43 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
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> The one thing that holds people back from installing
> >the panels is the initial cost.
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> Those with the money for the installation are typically too old to get
> the payback... for me at my age it would be like kootchie at his age
> spending more on a roof than his entire house cost. When they did the
> survey they quoted me a price for the panels and installation of
> $240,000. If we live to be 100 our electric bills won't equal that.
>
That quote seems outrageous. But I don't know how many panels they were
recommending either.
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> There are better ways to keep one's electric usage low. I've been
> frugal with electric all my life, I don't turn on lights on a sunny
> day, I open the shades and I automatically turn off lights when I
> leave a room. And recently we changed all our lighting to LED, cut
> our electric bill to less than half, especially with all outside
> lighting LED on at dusk off at dawn fixtures... those lights last a
> long time (15-20 years) could easily outlive us, no bulbs to buy and
> no climbing ladders to change bulbs.
>
Yes, I only use lights when needed and that's generally in the evening.
I've had those twirly fluorescent bulbs in all my fixtures for years.
As they've begun to burn out they've been replaced with the newer
LED bulbs.