04-08-2018, 09:20 AM
It always surprises me when someone who has built an underground bunker and stocked it with thousands of rounds of ammunition for the coming zombie apocalypse balks at an arbitrary cost issue. The appeal of most of these projects often can not be quantified purely in dollars. OTOH it is easy to lose track of costs so basic reality checks should always be done. I could have bought a lot of electricity for what I have spent on my solar system. OTOH no amount of money would buy electricity in the aftermath of a hurricane if HELCO is down.