Solar Power Shines In San Antonio As Texas Green Movement Gains Momentum

Poor Al Ritter: "I expected I would've had a bill that was over $300 for the month for electric power," Ritter told The Huffington Post. Instead, he said, his most recent bill came to $252 -- a savings he attributes to the array of 24 solar panels the Ritters had installed on their roof in August.



Like all people in TX, Ritter is used to wasting cheap carbon energy - his home wastes about 7200 Kw per month just trying to cool the 100 degree air. He built an a $30,000 PV Array on his roof, without insulating and air sealing his home. Now he gets about $60 off his energy bill each month.



If someone honest had sold him the solar panels, they would have required a home energy audit first, and that independen­t auditor could have explained that energy efficiency measures could have saved half his energy bill for 1/10th the cost (over 20 years), so for about $10,000 he could have saved $150/month­.



$150/month X 12 = $1,800 / year on $10,000 -- >R.O.I. = 18% / year (FOREVER!)

$60/month X 12 = only $720 / year on $30,000 --> R.O.I. Just 2% / year (For 20-30 years)



Solar isn't a bad idea, but without first reducing you energy waste, it just doesn't work.



If Solar Installers keep doing this kind of bad business, they will kill their own industry as people wake up.
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