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On that note; we were talking at work the other day about the cost of having Solar Energy installed in your home.A report today says that 25% of Australians could not scrape together $3,000 in an emergency.
That's why we have renters.
If it's supposedly so good for the planet, and will save us money longer term, etc, then; WHY? Why are folks not putting it in?
Correct.Firstly, most people dont really care about the planet, well care enough to pay for it! what about carbon tax, whenever you book a flight online, you had the option to pay an extra $20 to offset your carbon footprint....what a joke. and a study found that in the end in 4000 years the earths temperature would only go down by 0.3C.....gimmick
secondly, most people dont/wont have any significant upfront cost funds available
thirdly, and MOST importantly in my case, apparently it will pay itself off in 5-10-15-20 years, chances are, some new whiz bang technology to supersede it will come out thus being marketed as the latest greatest thing
fourthly, especially with new technologies those cost to benefit calculations dont include, wear and tear, and repairs, I can imagine in 5 years time my system stops working and some technician comes out at $100 per hour and tells me the "magentic induced, Direct input reverse oscillating trigger mechanism has broken down, and it will take 12 weeks to get it in at a cost of $3000 plus labour"
no thanks
The older I get the more I remind myself about the survey they did somewhere in US. The people were in hospice, perhaps in their last year of their life, so they posed a question to them, "What's one thing that you regret in your life?"
The most common answer was, "I worried unnecessarily so much in my life". It wasn't about not having enough money, or family, or whatever, but basically that as we get older we tend to worry too much...
I think there's some truth to that, so when I have those days, I try to think about the people who are about to leave this world and what they said (one day we will leave too, no one will be here forever, right?).
So why do we worry so much?????
The older I get the more I remind myself about the survey they did somewhere in US. The people were in hospice, perhaps in their last year of their life, so they posed a question to them, "What's one thing that you regret in your life?"
The most common answer was, "I worried unnecessarily so much in my life". It wasn't about not having enough money, or family, or whatever, but basically that as we get older we tend to worry too much...
I think there's some truth to that, so when I have those days, I try to think about the people who are about to leave this world and what they said (one day we will leave too, no one will be here forever, right?).
So why do we worry so much?????
... verse from 1 Timothy:
"We brought nothing into the world and we will leave it with nothing. Let us then be content with having food and clothing.
... Because of this greed, some have wandered away from the faith, bringing on themselves afflictions of every kind."
thirdly, and MOST importantly in my case, apparently it will pay itself off in 5-10-15-20 years, chances are, some new whiz bang technology to supersede it will come out thus being marketed as the latest greatest thing
A report today says that 25% of Australians could not scrape together $3,000 in an emergency.
That's why we have renters.
I envy the fact that they don't worry about what the are going to do in retirement. if life were only that simple
end/ of my thought of the day
WE can speculate though, how does their retirement look?
The only problem with solar is a bit like Prius batteries... it uses such rare earth metals that sustainability isn't great