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Old 06-07-2015, 08:24 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by secondcurve View Post
the bottom line solar isn't cost competitive. The only reason the payback is approx. 8-10 years is the government subsidies (and we all know the gov has no qualms about spending our children's money). Solar would be 30+ years without tax incentives. We should be pushing natural gas powered trucks and homes but the enviro-taliban crowd view nat-gas as an enemy since it is carbon based despite the clean burning nature of the fuel.
very well said, and i cant argue with any of it.....we have been thinking about solar too, and we are finding that it is not what people crack it up to be. We do have a solar system for the pool heater that works well, circulation, not cover.
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