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To: Alighieri who wrote (616883)	6/21/2011 5:11:28 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576380

Real cost, before tax benefits... sunelec.com I notice they didn't include installation cost. And also there is no consideration of interest/time value of money. That last point is reasonable, it shouldn't be included in a price list. But it needs to be considered when someone is thinking about buying. And other sources I've seen have given higher prices. Why did people buy PCs at $4K a pop? Why did people buy 40" LCDs at $3K a pop? 1 - Those products at that price didn't get huge market penetration. 2 - Lower cost then the solar system. 3 - You got real performance boost, compared to a cheaper computer (or for the early days, you got to have a real computer, rather than nothing at all, or a limited power computer that was not much more than a toy). The 40 inch LCD also gives a very different experience than a 15 or 20 inch monitor. Getting electricity from solar isn't (except for green fanatics) a different type of experience. Its just one way to get electricity, rather than another. There is no serious loss to waiting five or ten years if price per capacity is going to fall off a cliff like you claim it will. Over that period of time you pay extra for electricity, but save the interest costs on the solar installation, then wind up paying less than half for that installation 5 or 8 or 10 years later. If that projection of a price drop is accurate (a big if, but I'm just using what you claim), then there is no way you save money by getting the solar system now. It would just be a bad investment. PS: Is that you Fowler? Yes.

To: Alighieri who wrote (616883)	6/23/2011 12:01:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576380

This is why its not worth trying to negotiate with wingers. They don't care about the country but what makes their rich overlords happy. In fact, compared to Cantor, Weiner is a prince among men. Cantor pulls out of Biden debt talks By Erik Wasson House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has announced that he is pulling out of bipartisan deficit talks being led by Vice President Joe Biden because Democrats continue to insist on tax increases in the talks. read more...... thehill.com