Filed in archive
Wired Home General
by Phil Gerbyshak on January 24, 2007
What a GREAT idea! It's one of those win-win propositions, if you take the time to do it right. Solar cells are one way to produce more electricity than you use. Wind power is the other thing you can take advantage of.
Of course, it isn't easy to do this. The paperwork you need to complete may be very cumbersome may prevent you from doing that. Additionally, equipping your house with these eco-friendly devices might cost you $15-$50 thousand. Is this the best use of your home equity? Perhaps, if you plan on living somewhere for 10 or more years. And if the sun shines every day, or you live in a wind belt.
Still, it'd be great to think about the electric company paying ME for a change.
Permalink: Get paid for producing your own juice?
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/50928
Addthis
Ask
Blinklist
del.icio.us
Digg
Fark
Facebook
Google
Lycos
Ma.gnolia
Mr Wong
Netscape
Netvousz
Newsvine
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Slashdot
Tailrank
Technorati
Wink
Yahoo
Vote for Get paid for producing your own juice?:
|
Rating: 9.60 out of 5 vote(s) cast.
|
Response from:
Video Tape Repair
(01/27/07 2:12am)
I have heard of many houses that are completely off the grid and self sufficient. If your monthly energy bill (gas and electricity) is let's say a modest $150 then in 10 years you will have saved $180,000. There was an article in the local paper here about a house that was built off the grid for $250,000. I don't know if I would be brave enough to be completely off the grid but having an efficient house is deffinetly cost effective with the currently rising energy costs.
Response from:
Phil Gerbyshak
(01/28/07 10:31pm)
You are absolutely right: the higher the energy costs, the more cost effective building or remodeling your home in this way becomes.
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS |  See all blog subscribe options |
 What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |
