12-30-2014, 05:21 AM
Solar hot water is about $1700 after all the rebates and tax deductions and with a family of 6 would pay for itself in about 18 months. We have an electric oven but do most of our baking in one of these http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Chef-Camping-..._2?ie=UTF8&qid=1419966911&sr=8-2&keywords=camping+oven Not only does it sip the propane but being on our lanai it doesn't heat up the house to bake with it. We line dry our clothes. We do have an electric dryer but we hardly ever use it. I calculated it out and I came to the conclusion that switching our indoor stove or dryer to propane would cost more than we could recoup. Plus the hassle of fetching gas all the time. Our electricity bills are consistently about $115 a month.