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Originally Posted by Joeaksa View Post
No one has mentioned solar panels. I have electrical panels on the roof now and it puts out 44 kw every day that we do not have clouds and thats about 350 days a year. Except for summer, my average useage is less than 10 kw, so its sold back to the power company to provide $$. Also solar water heater. These two should be built onto every house in the country.
Joe, solar panels are just barely becoming cost effective. And they will work in certain parts of the country, and not in others. The same is true of solar hot water heating.

I am planning to add about 17kW to my roof along with solar hot water preheating. It should produce about 102kWh on average per day.
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