12-04-2008, 12:15 AM
The thing about rebates is this.
Don't you think that the companies that sell and install PV and solar water systems know you are going to get a rebate?
Because they are very familiar with these absolute BS rebates they make sure they are the ones that get that money.
They use this data as part of their closing tools when they sell you.
They are preying on people's ignorance and lack off ability.
One can build a solar water heater out of a new or used electric water heater and a hundred bucks or two.
Would you rather get a rebate and be out off pocket 1000s of dollars or would you rather learn something fun spend a few hundred, recycle some junk and get 100% payback with in just a few months?
PV panels and batteries are sold on the open market and can be set up DIY if you'll educate yourself just a little.
Don't even think of trying to sell electricity to Helco. That whole idea is somewhere between a joke and a scam.
Just curtail your usage, make enough for yourself and you are a winner.
Don't you think that the companies that sell and install PV and solar water systems know you are going to get a rebate?
Because they are very familiar with these absolute BS rebates they make sure they are the ones that get that money.
They use this data as part of their closing tools when they sell you.
They are preying on people's ignorance and lack off ability.
One can build a solar water heater out of a new or used electric water heater and a hundred bucks or two.
Would you rather get a rebate and be out off pocket 1000s of dollars or would you rather learn something fun spend a few hundred, recycle some junk and get 100% payback with in just a few months?
PV panels and batteries are sold on the open market and can be set up DIY if you'll educate yourself just a little.
Don't even think of trying to sell electricity to Helco. That whole idea is somewhere between a joke and a scam.
Just curtail your usage, make enough for yourself and you are a winner.