J. Jackson Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, BOHICA said: For me it is. Make my own electricity Factoring in the cost of equipment to produce electricity doesn't make it free. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, J. Jackson said: Factoring in the cost of equipment to produce electricity doesn't make it free. 18k all in is my solar. 48 320 watt panels. 15.36 kw system. Over built for EV load. Just using electric bill payoff is 7-8 years without EV load. Considering EV load it’s going to be 4-5 year payback. Gas prices increase…. Electricity price increase my pay back goes shorter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Jackson Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, BOHICA said: 18k all in is my solar. 48 320 watt panels. 15.36 kw system. Over built for EV load. Just using electric bill payoff is 7-8 years without EV load. Considering EV load it’s going to be 4-5 year payback. Gas prices increase…. Electricity price increase my pay back goes shorter. Nicely done. Hoping I'm there soon as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 Just now, J. Jackson said: Nicely done. Hoping I'm there soon as well. DIY system. I’m 98% immune to electricity and transportation expense. April 28th is my 1 year date for my electric needs. House will be 100 electric on transportation once the Rivian comes in. I do have natural gas heat and hot water but may go bigger on my solar and run a heat pump and heat pump water heater and have my natural gas as back up heat and for my outdoor fireplace,bbq and ambiance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, BOHICA said: 18k all in is my solar. 48 320 watt panels. 15.36 kw system. Over built for EV load. Just using electric bill payoff is 7-8 years without EV load. Considering EV load it’s going to be 4-5 year payback. Gas prices increase…. Electricity price increase my pay back goes shorter. You just bought china some more bullets. Congrats you commie supporter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Excellent. The reviews of the Rivian have been outstanding. There's been some comparisons between the Rivian and modified rock crawlers and the Rivian has done well. An all around winner. I’ve been a reservation holder since 2020. Bonus is that my price got locked…. Around $77k…. If I was to reserve today my build now cost 94k. Wipe $7500 off those prices for tax credit. our household electricity useage should go down with the Rivian as it will use a fraction of the electricity the phev does. I was pretty bluntly ignorant with electricity useage last year. Leaving the sliding glass door open for the dogs during the 90+ degree days with the central air set to 65 degrees just cause i was going to give my electricity to the power company for free. But now with the Tesla I am conserving a bit. I can legal connect another 10kw to the grid and have roof space so I may put more up so I can be ignorant with my electric useage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Anler said: You just bought china some more bullets. Congrats you commie supporter! I’m okay with that.. better then giving some Muslim’s a blowie and getting a facial of Putin pudding just to have cheap gas. I will gladly give china some bullets for more solar panel’s. I will drop ship them from freedomunitions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) Edited March 8, 2022 by EvilBird 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, EvilBird said: cool memes! For me it’s not about Environment…. It’s about not having to pay large corporations for energy…. They fuck you over for profits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, BOHICA said: cool memes! For me it’s not about Environment…. It’s about not having to pay large corporations for energy…. They fuck you over for profits. Lol I just thought they were funny.....I do get wanting to be energy independent from big corporations . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 3/6/2022 at 10:36 AM, Mainecat said: I’m just gonna leave this here. Presidents don’t control the price of worldwide fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Quote I’ve been in oil and gas for a decade and sometimes forget how the average person may not know what I see everyday. We, the American people, have enough oil and gas under our feet to supply our demand and also export our products for years to come. No matter your political opinion, we can all agree the gas prices we see now are upsetting. What everyone needs to understand is that the high gas prices are not because of some conflict overseas - prices were high well before that. The prices are not high because our American supply simply vanished. The prices are high because the people who run our country have decided to import oil from another country instead of using our very own American made product. Why? Using our own product creates lower prices, puts hard working American people to work with very good paying jobs and makes us as a country energy independent - Not dependent on another country to survive. We all saw that not long ago. Not only have the people in power decided to kill American jobs and create high prices, but they’ve also passed legislation to make it harder for an American oil and gas company to produce & transport our very own product. Why? Forget for one second who was President when our prices at the pump were low and our economy was booming and realize that that person was simply “For the people”. If you take away your dislike for DJT, you’ll admit that you miss those times and enjoyed them. Your 401K was higher, gas prices were lower and we were booming as a country. Now after a year of our current admin, you’ll realize that these people are “not for the people”. They are for themselves and their foreign business deals. The high gas prices should be enough for you to see that. The supply is still here, the hard-working Americans to produce it are still here. Having a booming economy is still possible. So no matter what you’re told by the news, realize that if we had people in power who were for us Americans, it could be as good it was before. Nothing has changed as far as oil and gas from 2016-2020 to the last year. It didn’t just dry up. It’s here, we are here to produce it. We can go back to lower prices at the pump. All we need is the people in power to want that. Lastly, since we all got to witness someone running our country for four years who truly wanted the best “for the people” as we can clearly see the “then & now” comparison as we speak. Remember every media outlet and political person wanted you to hate him, wanted to impeach him and did everything they could do be against him. They were against the man who wanted things to be good for US, the American people. Those same people are not against the current leadership. Makes you wonder who’s side they’re all on…. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 11 hours ago, BOHICA said: For me it is. Make my own electricity free equipment, free install, free maintenance as well ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 If you can't play with the big dogs, stay on the porch, peasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 52 minutes ago, Doomxz600 said: free equipment, free install, free maintenance as well ? Equipment cost. Self install and 25 year warranty on everything….. so install and maintenance are free unless I bill myself for any time spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Suburban is great on fuel and maybe still worth what I paid for it new! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADOSPRIT Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Ouch!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, SHADOSPRIT said: Ouch!!! That is a bargain compared to what my employer just had to pay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADOSPRIT Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, BOHICA said: That is a bargain compared to what my employer just had to pay! Oh I didn't pay it, company truck, company gas card. But still no excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHADOSPRIT Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, SHADOSPRIT said: Oh I didn't pay it, company truck, company gas card. But still no excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 8, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, SHADOSPRIT said: Ouch ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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