Are the energy companies pricing themselves out of the market?

I just moved into a new place, and ran calculations on the power required to run the house based on FPL’s new hikes. It will average 380 per month. Now, I also just put together a new solar power package for the house that I will be ordering, it costs $21000 and will provide 98% of all my home power needs, and a warranted life time of 20 years.

I am getting a 5 year loan on the system, at $378 a month. After its paid off, no more light bill besides the base FPL bill for surge power requirements, but I might get rid of that by installing a bigger inverter and a battery bank.

Is America ever going to wake up to the fact that Oil isn’t the only game in town? If they do, its all over for Big Oil……

someone is getting over on them!

next year when the power lines go down from the next hurricane, my house will still be ticking along without a blink... :)

And I betcha the price goes down, not that continuing to use fossil fuels or nukes is a good thing.

Waking up seems to be a slow process for about 50% of the country's population.

for both my Electric and Gas, both of them went up $30 this month to $135 and $120. That is $60 a month more out of my budget and I've had the family conserving and our usage has gone down. Pisses me off to no end, plus no raises in over a year.

Tax cuts work, the economy is booming :sarcasm:

Energy prices here in the Midwest are going through the roof, to the extent that I've gotten a 100mpg scooter(and it goes 55-60 mph). I'm rolling the money I save on gas into an external wood-stove next summer due to the fact that propane prices are soaring. Then I will roll that savings over into a wind turbine a couple of years later. After that I'll be making my own biodiesel, and the Big Energy companies can go to hell for all I care.

More and more people are going to be following these options as energy prices continue to climb. They are sound, economical decisions to make, and they're good for our enviroment and society.

I'm looking too.

I bought the last remaining '04/'05 model in the a six state area a couple of months ago, and absolutely love my little bike. 145cc, four speed manual transmission means good pick up off the line. Easy to handle, stable as hell, I look forward to whenever I can ride it, which is very little right now due to the cold and snow. Since it is 145cc you will probably have to get a motorcycle permit for it, but in most states that is fairly easy. This is what mine looks like.
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The only bummer thing was that I had to break it in for five hundred miles, which meant that during that period I couldn't go over forty mph. But since my commute is 26 miles one way, that was a short period of time for me, and once I got into the city, I didn't need to go over 40mph.

I highly recommend these bikes, they're the top selling scooter in the world, and have been around forever. A couple of months ago I saw one up for sale on Ebay, and it was a '81 model with a little over 100,000 miles on it.

The '06 models just came out recently, so you should have an easy time of finding a bike near you. Good luck, and have fun. You can check out more at their web site<http://www.bajajusa.com>

Does the state where you reside support net metering?If so are those assets figured into your payback projection?I applaud your decision, wish you good luck with the project, and politely request that you become an outspoken advocate for the solution you've decided upon for yourself- if you're not already there.I've long thought that intelligently designed buildings- residential and commercial-could easily be self supporting reducing the need for centralized production and extended distribution systems.The benefits to be realized both economic and environmental would, IMO, subsidize the extra costs of construction and maintenance. Lastly thanks.