12-30-2007, 03:46 PM
Net-meter solar is most certainly not low cost at the front end.
Payoff period? At 2005 HELCO prices, about 10 years. Have not had time to recalculate the multiple intervening HELCO price increases --the higher HELCO goes, the quicker we pay it off. Will HELCO rates continue to increase in the next 4 to 8 years?
The cost, including installation, is less than the purchase price of an 8-cylinder, 4wd, SUV -- the maintenance cost, the return on investment, and resale value are much better for the solar. We drive a 33mpg car, wear second-hand clothes, grow our own food, stay home, and do other practical things that are not so 'well-heeled' in order that we may live clean and with a clear conscience.
btw: I only know one person on this island that refers to me as 'dr james'... hope you are not using a computer at work
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
Payoff period? At 2005 HELCO prices, about 10 years. Have not had time to recalculate the multiple intervening HELCO price increases --the higher HELCO goes, the quicker we pay it off. Will HELCO rates continue to increase in the next 4 to 8 years?
The cost, including installation, is less than the purchase price of an 8-cylinder, 4wd, SUV -- the maintenance cost, the return on investment, and resale value are much better for the solar. We drive a 33mpg car, wear second-hand clothes, grow our own food, stay home, and do other practical things that are not so 'well-heeled' in order that we may live clean and with a clear conscience.
btw: I only know one person on this island that refers to me as 'dr james'... hope you are not using a computer at work
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park