Comments on: Is Solar Worth It?

In reply to mailina. No allcaps shouting. Hot water in your tank will not power your light bulbs and computer.

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I DISMISS solar cells completely for the following reasons: - you must consider that you could put solar thermal collectors there instead and at a FRACTION of the cost. These could go straight in...

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In reply to RobS. Great point RobS. It isn't obvous that you need to make $130 working to equal $100 in savings.

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In reply to A Real Libertarian. Yes he's got Direct Action, more trees , no need for renewable energy now, we can cu...

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In reply to Bob_Wallace. Pretty much. Unfortunately for Abbott he's now in charge of policy, not slogans, so he's go...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194943

In reply to A Real Libertarian. I don't exactly understand why the current government was elected. I saw one source ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194942

In reply to Ben. I'm sure solar power costs "30 times more than standard cold fired generation energy" just as much ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194941

In reply to Ben. "The newly appointed advisor to the Abbott government says that solar power cost 30 times more than...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194940

In reply to RobS. The newly appointed advisor to the Abbott government says that solar power cost 30 times more than...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194939

Also if you work to stop the government from giving your money to coal/gas then not only do you save on taxes and health costs; but the value of your solar goes up. Since depending on which study...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194938

The one comment I would make about the chart showing where treasury bonds and the S&P fall in compared to Solars IRR is that when you earn earnings on an investment or have capital growth you gen...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194937

The other really important part of the answer to the question "is solar worth it" is "look into it AND if you find it's not make sure to check back once a year or so because prices are dropping a...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/08/solar-worth/#comment-194936