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Originally Posted by JSH
I looked at solar for my home last year and the finances make complete sense. The problem is opportunity cost. That $10K can make more money in other ways
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We're paying something like 10 cents per kWh in Portland. That's dirt cheap compared to the rest of the country and the world. The only cheaper power I've had is Washington at 8 cents.
This is the last sunny week of the year. We're in for 5 months of overcast after that.
I'd rather sponsor someone in Phoenix to go solar, and they can pay me back at 90% of their normal utility rates.
...and those figures are for nameplate output, not actual, right? That's why sendler is always on about. A nuke plant can deliver 90% of nameplate or something like that, while solar is something like 30%.