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Environment & Energy

PJMcK

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8. We looked into solar panels for our house

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2022, 08:15 AM

Sep 2022

The cost is astronomical!

The panels are expensive.

The installation is exorbitant.

The batteries are a small fortune.

When the batteries need replacing, guess what? More investment.

We chose not to make the investment primarily because our house is on the north face of a mountain and cannot receive enough sunlight to make a system work efficiently.

Meanwhile, we pay about $75/month for our electric bill.

The decision seemed simple.

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The Replacement Battery Costs for These Six Normal EVs Is Staggeringly High [View all] Caribbeans Sep 2022 OP

Without serious progress Timewas Sep 2022 #1

How could they possibly leave out Toyota Prius? keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

My brand new guaranteed battery for Camry Hybrid (160k miles)was $2 ,000. Thunderbeast Sep 2022 #4

Yeah, and the Lexus hybrid?? nt Nay Sep 2022 #10

I owned a 2001 Prius, so definitely out of synch with these estimates. However . . . hatrack Sep 2022 #18

Thanks much for posting this critical info. IMO it shows EVs... brush Sep 2022 #3

Or they will shun buying one altogether..... MichMan Sep 2022 #5

Thank You! Caribbeans Sep 2022 #14

Yes. There's a lot of silence on these matters. brush Sep 2022 #15

Be careful with these EV horror stories. Thunderbeast Sep 2022 #6

If the prices are what they are, people need to know... brush Sep 2022 #7

Not all criticisms of "green" technology are oil propaganda Random Boomer Sep 2022 #11

Great advice Duppers Sep 2022 #17

We looked into solar panels for our house PJMcK Sep 2022 #8

House batteries are toys for the ultra-rich Caribbeans Sep 2022 #13

And this would compare the cost of ripping up all the gas lines on the planet for hydrogen how? NNadir Sep 2022 #9

"ripping up all the gas lines on the planet" Caribbeans Sep 2022 #12

Yeah. The Green Car Congress also declared the Audi A3TD diesel as "the car of the year." NNadir Sep 2022 #16