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Well that's a plus...I had been waiting for a better incentive.  Didn't the current 26% tax credit already cover batteries? I was all in, BUT I got the generation estimate back for a west-facing array (southern roof too small) and it was pretty disappointing.  Even with a 7.2kw system, we would...

I'll know we're close to a bottom when the daily spam texts from strangers offering to buy my house stop.

I've never opened a Tesla door, but I've seen the handles on parked cars and wondered how they worked.  My first thought was exactly right, apparently, but I thought, "nah, that would be too cumbersome.  Must be a better way than that".  So with zero actual experience, I agree with you Socal. ...

Forget the HOA.  Pretty sure the city wouldn't write a permit for 1. 

Every single "econ 101" argument has an implied "all else being equal" caveat. Plus don't ignore actual utility in the comparison.  For most people, renting is not a perfect substitute for owning; many place greater value in owning, so have a higher willingness to pay.  Of course, a lot of...

It takes a politician to send money to people based solely on their income and dependents and nothing else, and call it a gas tax refund.  Why not just be honest and call it voter demographics based pandering?  We will qualify for the lowest tier and, no joke, the amount we'll get will be almost...

A few weeks ago while we were out shopping, my 6 year old daughter stated a few times how she wished all the stuff in the store only cost a penny.  "Wouldn't that be great, Dada"? she asked.  At this prompting, I explained to her that it would be great, except if everything was a penny then...

It's a well known tactic of crooked agents everywhere to encourage price cuts; otherwise they have to pay higher taxes on their commissions, and who would want that, right?  Also, I can only hope that if and when the time comes for me to sell my home, that there isn't just a single potential...

Part of the equation for me is the usefulness in a disaster.  I kind of think like momopi in this regard.  In a disaster situation, it's possible to lose utilities, both electric and gas, for weeks on end.  I have food and water stores and portable generators.  But solar would be so much better...

It's easiest to understand energy if you liken it to water.  A kilowatt is a flow rate, similar to gallons per hour.  A kilowatt-hour is like a "volume" of energy, similar to gallons; it's a discrete quantity of energy.  If you have a flow rate of 10 gallons per hour, and the water flows for a...

Oh, the irony of a "Fire Protection" business having its truck burned. Hope that guy got some good pieces of gravel embedded in his freshly charred skin. Parents of my daughters' friend told me of a business that found a valve tapped into the underside of a tank on one of their vehicles. ...

15-16 kilowatt-hours per day?    With that size of system you should be generating about 40 kw-h per day.  Or maybe you mean 15-16 megawatt-hours per year? Yeah, I'm thinking much along the same lines.  I could rationalize anywhere from 1 to 3 powerwalls, depending on assumptions.  3 PW = off...

No storage?  In the future I believe any incentives will heavily favor storage over just panels.  CA is at the point of living completely off renewables during clear daylight hours, but burns a lot of fossil fuels at night, and the wide swing results in wasted energy.  You'll have to post back...

(Free) market rates.  Who knew?

I'll submit I'm in a better position to judge the relative value of homes I see listed in my neighborhood on a daily basis.  Nothing wrong with the location of the house and it really is gorgeous.  No exaggeration: the most expensive house on I think the 2nd largest lot in this zip code faces...

There is a fantastic almost 5000 square foot house near me on a ~10,000 square foot lot, with a backyard oasis.  The owners fancied it up to sell it, touched everything inside and out and made it really nice.  Listed it for $4.4m early in the year, which I thought was a bit optimistic, but...

So does the server get that 18%?  Because I'm not leaving an additional tip if I'm paying an 18% service charge, since, uh, tips are for service.  And any place that does that will probably end up with less money from me, since I normally leave more than 20% as calculated on the total bill...

Ariya preorders closed days ago.

If prices crash 40% I'm going to scoop up my retirement home!