http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/making-solar-affordable/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:08:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/making-solar-affordable/comment-page-1/#comment-2200 Rob Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:57:40 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=528#comment-2200 I currently pay around $40/month on my electric bill. Why would I pay an upfront fee to have that bill increase? I currently pay around $40/month on my electric bill. Why would I pay an upfront fee to have that bill increase?

]]> http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/making-solar-affordable/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 Justin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:04:24 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=528#comment-2196 Stop using my tax dollars to subsidize inefficient/uneconomical energy sources. Let the free market work. PLEASE bureaucrats, stop raping the American tax payer. Stop using my tax dollars to subsidize inefficient/uneconomical energy sources. Let the free market work. PLEASE bureaucrats, stop raping the American tax payer.

]]> http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/making-solar-affordable/comment-page-1/#comment-2195 Michael Waggoner Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:03 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=528#comment-2195 An interesting article. More accessible financing would be a big help to broader adoption of solar-electric. I would like to have heard a few more details: Take one size solar panel, show how much of an appropriately-sezed home's electricity it could provide summer and winter, and the finances of purchasing versus leasing. What is the term of the leases and what are the termination terms? What happens at the end of the lease; one doubts that they would go to the trouble of disassembling an old solar panel. This would go beyond the story, but info on the efficiency of this firm's collectors compared to other models would also have been helpful. An interesting article. More accessible financing would be a big help to broader adoption of solar-electric.
I would like to have heard a few more details: Take one size solar panel, show how much of an appropriately-sezed home’s electricity it could provide summer and winter, and the finances of purchasing versus leasing. What is the term of the leases and what are the termination terms? What happens at the end of the lease; one doubts that they would go to the trouble of disassembling an old solar panel.
This would go beyond the story, but info on the efficiency of this firm’s collectors compared to other models would also have been helpful.

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