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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
When does your utility company call you and say, "You and your family have paid us enough money over the last couple of generations. Please stop giving us money each month." ?
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Never but to support the power draw of my house during peak times, to really live "off the grid"... I'd have to drop $120k for a solar solution...
Since when does the utility company EVER bill you that much? Not to mention the interest you could have made on the cash if you weren't spending that much up front... It would take me 34 YEARS to rack up that kind of bill... add in repairs + the aforementioned interest and you're looking at NEVER paying back your investment to be "off the grid"... and when your power goes out... there's no one working but you to get it back on ;)
Don't get me wrong, I'd love for the numbers to add up. If they did, I'd be all over it!