True on re-roofing. Our installer wouldn't install on a roof older than 5 years. But, I can't see a reroof under those conditions, as the roof blocks the biggest abuse, the sun. Ours came with a 20 year no leak guarantee.
Worthless, unless you clear snow like I did. Production was reduced to 25-30%. better than nothing though. I get not everyone wants to clear their roof. Mine was a PIA, but I like money more.
People always get hung up on government subsidies, but rarely mention what the government gets back. Google AI is telling me that Amazon reported over $22B in US tax contributions in 2024 alone. That’s as a company, payroll taxes, etc. Everything. Theoretically we should get back more than the government puts in.Easy to single out EV and clean engery investments but beginning with the Great Depression the US governemt has either subsized or paid subsidies in many industries and projects - agriculture is annually subsidized with the highest year to the tune of $45 billion. Things like the rural electrification bill, construction of Hoover Dam , the Interstate system - all paid in large part or entirety by the US gov. And yes for decades the gov gave oil and gas companies significant amounts of money. You can see below that FoMoCo was no 3 since 2020 for receipt of subsidies. Amazon is no 6 on the list - helping to keep Jeff Bezos up there amongst the world's wealthiest. Back in the era of industrial development - steel, railroads, mining, energy all received healthy handouts from the gov.
You're right the costs won't go up but the incentive to buy will go down. Let's face it everyone loves to get something for free when we all know it's never free and in the end us taxpayers are paying for it. I could afford to do solar again here without the subsidies but now the ROI is out another 3-5 years. Add in that there's no net metering here and it's not worth it now. My last one payed for itself in just over 6 years and is still giving the new buyer free electric. He just pays the taxes and fees which were only $16.50/month last time I was there. What gets me is they want you to go green but then they take away net metering which is a huge loss and makes no sense.
We have tile roofs out here which are good for 50+ years. It's the tar paper that has to be replaced every 20-25 years. When I sold the house I need to get a quote on what it would be to R&R the solar panels and it was $2,500. That's up from the $1,200 they told me back when I had them installed in 2015.
I've been clearing snow every morning for the past 3 weeks. An hour later they're covered again. We get a couple hours of sun every week and clouds off the lake 99% of winter. Just basically get enough solar for system self consumption and heating for 3 months of the year with bifacial panels. The $20k invested would have trippled already if invested making tenfold the savings on utilities. I only did it because we have constant outages and got tired of dragging out the generator. Plus a fun learning experience to keep me out of my wife's hair
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I guess they'll need to invest in some heaters for those busses?I've been clearing snow every morning for the past 3 weeks. An hour later they're covered again. We get a couple hours of sun every week and clouds off the lake 99% of winter. Just basically get enough solar for system self consumption and heating for 3 months of the year with bifacial panels. The $20k invested would have trippled already if invested making tenfold the savings on utilities. I only did it because we have constant outages and got tired of dragging out the generator. Plus a fun learning experience to keep me out of my wife's hair
Just read about a whole fleet of electric school busses that cost a fortune are useless in winter Up in Vermont. Turns out with the cold weather you either drive the cold busses or are able heat them to be safe for children and keep them parked. Definitely millions of wasted taxpayer incentives that I am happy to see disappear.
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Constellation is working with Microsoft to restart TMI just for data center power.
I'm not a big fan of incentives/subsidies but they are a fact of life. I think incentives given to corporations to relocate to CO have been a major factor in driving up the cost of living and other issues, the incentives provided are usually contingent on bringing jobs paying over $100k, those folks created gentrification and yes the calculus is about how much the relo ating companies will contribute to the local economy but the negative impacts are never mentioned. Highly likely a number of companies would have come here without incentives, but politicians beat their chests about how much they grew the economy.
That's like the windmills they put hidden diesel generators in the base to make it look like higher outputs for promoting them.I guess they'll need to invest in some heaters for those busses?
Yeah, the busses. It started with a recall of batteries, not done yet, and need 45* to charge them. It won't be 45* around here for a few months.I've been clearing snow every morning for the past 3 weeks. An hour later they're covered again. We get a couple hours of sun every week and clouds off the lake 99% of winter. Just basically get enough solar for system self consumption and heating for 3 months of the year with bifacial panels. The $20k invested would have trippled already if invested making tenfold the savings on utilities. I only did it because we have constant outages and got tired of dragging out the generator. Plus a fun learning experience to keep me out of my wife's hair
Just read about a whole fleet of electric school busses that cost a fortune are useless in winter Up in Vermont. Turns out with the cold weather you either drive the cold busses or are able heat them to be safe for children and keep them parked. Definitely millions of wasted taxpayer incentives that I am happy to see disappear.
It's a Jeep thing and we will never understandWow, Stellantis surpasses Fords losses (19.5B) with their 26 billion in losses. Their stock right now is down to $7.18 where a year ago it was at a high of $14.05 and two years ago at $29.18. A 25% drop in one day is a heck of a loss. Does whoever running this company ever look at their year over year losses and think "maybe we're heading in the wrong direction?" But of course when you're To Big To Fail and know the government will bail you out who cares about loosing billions.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stel...billion-hit-in-latest-ev-pivot-134546771.html
