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Subject: Get ready for big electric bills Fri May 27, 2022 12:54 pm
Gas Prices Triple Under Joe Biden, Consumer Electricity Bills Expected to Skyrocket This Summer
Natural gas prices reached a new high on Friday in front of the Memorial Day weekend.
As Steve Cortes explains – this is going to crush the American consumer. Americans who were paying $122 a month last year on their electricity will be paying $172 a month this year on electricity.
Natural gas accounts for 40% of our electricity needs in America today.
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Fri May 27, 2022 9:25 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
Go full solar----
What is the monthly cost of solar energy?
The cost of installing solar panels for homeowners
Avg Monthly Electric Bill
Solar System Size
Total Installed Cost (Before Incentives)
$60
5 kW
$23,850
$120
10 kW
$34,640
$180
15 kW
$48,945
If people are broke now, how are they gonna come up with 24 to 48 grand upfront costs?? Plus interest if they go on a payment plan!!!
OK-- I apologize--- I sold a property and we paid cash for the solar-- Solar was one of the best investments we made.. Our energy bill has been Unbelievably ridiculously low.. Also-- the government has great $$ plans to subsidise for going solar..I read of it in the newspaper, check for it online/wherever. That's something to consider. As long as there is sun we will have heat- air- electricty ect ect-- when storm electric lines are down for weeks we will live normally. I hope, soon, everybody will be able to go fully solar.
The Wise And Powerful Admin
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Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Fri May 27, 2022 11:56 pm
Temple wrote:
Also-- the government has great $$ plans to subsidise for going solar..
You mean tax people who could care less about going solar, or bribing utility companies to overcharge people for using any form of energy.
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sat May 28, 2022 1:24 am
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
Also-- the government has great $$ plans to subsidise for going solar..
You mean tax people who could care less about going solar, or bribing utility companies to overcharge people for using any form of energy. Someone always pays in the end.
That is true--but- get it when you can while you can. It is the way it's been and is.
The Wise And Powerful Admin
Posts : 111040 Join date : 2014-07-29 Age : 101 Location : A Mile High
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sat May 28, 2022 1:36 am
Temple wrote:
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
Also-- the government has great $$ plans to subsidise for going solar..
You mean tax people who could care less about going solar, or bribing utility companies to overcharge people for using any form of energy. Someone always pays in the end.
That is true--but- get it when you can while you can. It is the way it's been and is.
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sat May 28, 2022 10:32 am
What about the millions of people that live in apartment buildings .. How do they "go full solar"? ...Millions more people rent the houses where they live .. Why pay tens of thousand$ to "go full solar" in someone else's house? Millions have trees around their house, which - not only block the sun but risk falling branches damaging the panels
Millions live in flood, hurricane, tornado areas ..A good flood could short the whole system and ruin the batteries ..A good hurricane or tornado could blow the roof into another neighborhood ..solar panels woth it
Not everyone was born with a silver spoon up their ass .. The initial cost to "go full solar" is more than the majority of people can hope for .. There are other people in the world, Temple .. with different priorities, in different areas and different lives than you .. Everything isn't about you ..You do you and everyone else will do the same
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
Posts : 1724 Join date : 2019-02-04 Age : 65
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sat May 28, 2022 7:54 pm
Avg Monthly Electric Bill Solar System Size Total Installed Cost (Before Incentives) $60 5 kW $23,850
$23,850 / 60 = 397.5 months to reach the break-even point. That's 33 years.
The Wise And Powerful Admin
Posts : 111040 Join date : 2014-07-29 Age : 101 Location : A Mile High
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sat May 28, 2022 9:42 pm
oliver clotheshoffe wrote:
Avg Monthly Electric Bill Solar System Size Total Installed Cost (Before Incentives) $60 5 kW $23,850
$23,850 / 60 = 397.5 months to reach the break-even point. That's 33 years.
And here I am just hoping to last another couple of months til my next birthday.
Subject: Re: Get ready for big electric bills Sun May 29, 2022 3:17 pm
Came across this today .. From what i understand you still hafta pay your power company a fairly large percent of the electricity or KWs you use .. Not to mention the huge monthly bill for the system itself, as most people hafta finance .. Unlike MoneyBags Temple, of course, who can just toss money at everything in his path
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