05-12-2010, 02:47 AM
Some considerations:
If you include central air conditioning (and the ventilation, insulation, double windows, etc), carpet, and other luxuries, the cost is a lot higher -- a lot!
If you include photovoltaic solar and solar water heater, you pay now and not later. Our solar pv is net metered, and we pay the $22 minimum charge for electricity per month when we are careful to conserve; a few dollars more when it is cloudy.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
If you include central air conditioning (and the ventilation, insulation, double windows, etc), carpet, and other luxuries, the cost is a lot higher -- a lot!
If you include photovoltaic solar and solar water heater, you pay now and not later. Our solar pv is net metered, and we pay the $22 minimum charge for electricity per month when we are careful to conserve; a few dollars more when it is cloudy.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park