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- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+3Solar Panels are the way to go... no need to wait either. You can get a kit for less than $20,000 that will power your entire home. Not cheap, but imagine the money you'll be saving every month and the good you're doing for the environment.
- HeraSee, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2With a warrantied lifetime of 25 years and projected performance outlasting even that, the payback time on these systems can be achieved in 10-15 years against current electrical rates.
Of course, if energy costs rise as experts predict, the relative value of your PV system will improve dramatically because your savings will increase proportionately. - life38, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2Massachusetts just passes a law allowing the utilities to have customers rent systems to accelerate implementation.
- Brianne416, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2You make a very good point, especially with the rising energy costs. But isn't solar technology changing at such a rapid rate that anyone who gets something today will be obsolete in few years? Granted it will still work and save them money, but be more like computer technology, something new and different every month?
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2With current solar panel technology you can generate MORE THAN enough electricity to power your entire home. I don't think waiting 10 years to get solar panels is necessary. Get them now.
- HeraSee, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2Berkeley, California is working on implementing a similar program right now. Renting solar is an excellent alternative for homeowners who don't want to take on more debt in this turbulent economic environment.
Let's hope we see this option offered more universally! - dannystaple, on 09/08/2008, -0/+1Yes, but with investment (which the area still lacks enough of) the technology will improve and the degradation change. A petrol fueled engine or coal fired power station both also tend to degrade over time as well as suck in a resource that is getting rapidly rarer and squirt out noxious gases profusely.
- HeraSee, on 09/07/2008, -0/+1That's true, Brianne, but the majority of the improvement is from the manufacturing end, so it will be 5-10 years before residential consumers can take advantage of these latest developments.
The new panels will very likely cost as much or more than today's best models, but will be made from fewer materials, and lighter as a result.
I am not sure that paying the electric company for that time is worth waiting for a marginal improvement in efficiency. - Brianne416, on 09/07/2008, -0/+0I wonder if the loans will outlast the solar cells. They tend to degrade over time.
- shivashankara, on 09/09/2008, -0/+0You can also save energy and reduce your electric bill by adding supplemental solar power to your home- you don't need to make the huge investment to switch all of your energy needs to solar right away, but you can build up to it.
Meanwhile, making sure that all of your appliances are as efficient as they can be is an important step to take in making your life more green
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