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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

canoeist52

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2. We passed on their proposal.

Reply to mog75 (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 04:00 PM

Jun 2014

It was based on the premise that electric rates were going to soar. They were offering loans at 10.5% to pay for the panels. (Yeah right!) We wouldn't have recouped our up-front investment for 20 years.

And there is much wind here. It's moaning as I type. But we own a postage stamp-sized lot, so no room for wind power. We barely had enough room for the new septic tank last year - which is where all our money is going for the next 5 years.

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Anybody have experience buying into a solar farm for home electricity? [View all] canoeist52 May 2014 OP

Don't do it mog75 Jun 2014 #1

We passed on their proposal. canoeist52 Jun 2014 #2

Wouldn't you have still been buying your electricity from your current utility? Kaleva Jun 2014 #3

Thanks for the link. We been following wind power tech for a while now. canoeist52 Jun 2014 #4