Does any one know of a Government grant or private company grant to purchase solar panels for the home?
Question:I would like to install some in my home and use my house as a demo for other home buyers and builders to see that is not that complicated and the benefits are huge.
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Sounds to me like you can't see the forest because of all the trees are blocking your view.
I understand what you are wanting to do. The hard part is making Joe Public understand that there is a savings.
Most people can't see past the next pay check and if the savings do not show up as a check they can cash, then to them there is no savings. This is like having your car payment deducted from your pay check. You never see the money so you don't think you have the expense. (you don't feel the expence) With solar the savings is over the years and will never be seen unless you do the math. You spend your savings every day on cokes and gas for your car or watching a movie and never notice it is there. You never see the cash so the feeling is there is no savings.
I think you are looking at it the same way. Install your system and get your 2000 dollar government tax credit and you will be saving some money. If you sale your home after 5 years put the price of the system in the home and get all your money back for it. Plus you had free electricity for the last 5 years.
The large savings is there just hard to see it.
You want other people to pay for your solar panels? Funny. There are not that complicated or hard, just expensive. You'll pay $18,000 today to save $800 a year in electricity expenses and the cells last about 20 years. It really needs to be about $9000 to be cost effective.
There are rebates and tax savings available.
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