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Honestly, I think almost all financial decisions, investments, purchases, etc... should consider cost of capital aka opportunity cost. IMO it puts things in perspective by showing you the true cost, the true impact of making the decision.
What money is in savings account? Who the fuck does that anymore?
FuckCCP89 saysWhat money is in savings account? Who the fuck does that anymore?
The only thing more bizarre than that, is banks even bothering to advertising their CD Rates.
They count on the average public-school educated person not to be able to tell the difference between 1% and 0.01%
Seriously.
What money is in savings account? Who the fuck does that anymore?
. I would suspect most solar buyers are borrowers, so their costs would involve interest payments instead.
HeadSet says. I would suspect most solar buyers are borrowers, so their costs would involve interest payments instead.
Those folks usually go the lease route. The Leasing company gets the rebates and can depreciate the panels as a business expense.
Is there a difference? You're paying the interest for someone else either way.
WookieMan saysIs there a difference? You're paying the interest for someone else either way.
No, I was mostly pointing out the "advantage" that the leasing operations have. In a highly competitive landscape they just might pass some of those savings on to the homeowner (though unlikely). More likely that it ends up in the hands of investors or shareholders (or you sell the company to your cousin).
utilities are not that expensive in general depending
This makes our water horribly expensive (appropriately so).
Any reason why de-salinization is not used?
If California already has a high price, why not?
3 cents per MegaJoule for gasoline energy
This was fun but of course meaningless
Patrick saysWhat is the energy source used for desalinization?
Electricity.
B.A.C.A.H. saysPatrick saysWhat is the energy source used for desalinization?
Electricity.
Isn't there enough desert to make a huge solar desalinization plant there?
nothing beats the energy density of gasoline and the other petroleum distillate fuels
They belong on the coast.
Apparently gas prices are not yet high enough for Biden's taste:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/biden-admin-suspends-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge_3841090.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net
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