The costs are coming WAY down, and the breakeven is getting shorter and shorter.
The house I am starting to plan to build will have geothermal, solar (passive and active), wind, and am even hoping for a little micro hydro plant, depending in zoning and regulations. Also, it will take advantage of modern building materials, insulating techniques, and energy usage. This should all add about 22K hardcosts to the build (about 20%), and have a break even of 5 years. Maybe less. And after 5 years, probably a slight net gain (actual income). Check with your local, state, utility and federal entities, as there are tax breaks, grants, low i loans available left and right. On 2/7/07, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The costs are high, the last number I got which wasn't a formal quote was > 15k for equipment and installation. If the gov't was really serious about > alternative power there would be grants or tax benefits for installing > these > setups. > > D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227213 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
