tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post9123143429791891675..comments2024-02-13T04:12:18.265-07:00Comments on Tiny House Homestead: Could IKEA Threaten the Power Grid?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-68279121363213748032013-10-01T20:34:55.025-07:002013-10-01T20:34:55.025-07:00I am with you, William. I think they can be win-wi...I am with you, William. I think they can be win-win.Educ8rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202773180834641821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-39124595914691113602013-10-01T12:45:52.961-07:002013-10-01T12:45:52.961-07:00Oh Great! Another reason to get lost inside IKEA l...Oh Great! Another reason to get lost inside IKEA lol as if it's not already bad enough for me. (Being a man).<br />These stores should have resting areas for me, PlayStations to play on, Maybe a fridge full of beer then perhaps we would not care that the wife has spent 4 hours looking for a chair.<br /><br />Solar Panels can be interesting.. I was speaking to an Irish Guy in the week he instals them for free but retains all the cost savings for 10 years.. so YOU get free electricity for your house and he gets all the surplus electric which is sold back to the grid.. It sounds like a win win and something I think I will want when I get my next house.<br /><br />WilliamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152152522765452019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-79411083338801822752013-10-01T05:10:21.213-07:002013-10-01T05:10:21.213-07:00Yes, there are some rebates and some tax credits, ...Yes, there are some rebates and some tax credits, but people have to be careful to investigate whether or not those offset the long term costs of installing the panels and paying for them over time. The IKEA option sounds like a good deal after 7 years, but the other options, here in the states, often have an incredible mark-up and the payments on time make their cost outweigh their savings. Remember, you still have to pay the taxes and fees just to stay hooked up to the grid. Right now those costs are high. Hopefully places like IKEA will change that.Educ8rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202773180834641821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-30704449103215437112013-10-01T05:07:07.026-07:002013-10-01T05:07:07.026-07:00I am with you all the way! I am with you all the way! Educ8rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18202773180834641821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-90628029520851268442013-09-30T23:20:47.731-07:002013-09-30T23:20:47.731-07:00Interesting numbers. If I understand right, some o...Interesting numbers. If I understand right, some of my family members are installing solar panels on their homes. Their utility company is giving them a rebate and I think they get a deduction off of their taxes.<br />ot IKEA, but we are talking the same thing, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097984930015721164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-36548979554170305352013-09-30T23:09:02.946-07:002013-09-30T23:09:02.946-07:00very informative post...!! very informative post...!! Amrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18269371721804603951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-73226992012784018542013-09-30T23:07:38.716-07:002013-09-30T23:07:38.716-07:00Give me a solar panel if it really helps me to cut...Give me a solar panel if it really helps me to cut down or stop me from paying electrical bills which has been going up up and A-WAY~ since last year!DinoMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048144135120994474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212993142780178197.post-32711328211611966192013-09-30T22:49:08.522-07:002013-09-30T22:49:08.522-07:00Love it! Even if the IKEA version isn't the &...Love it! Even if the IKEA version isn't the "ultimate answer", it is at least making real solar power available to the consumer masses. And, over time, this will threaten commercial power companies revenue. Not currently, but as will any technology it will in time. Electricity, and gasoline, are probably the two biggest items that are the hardest to topple. However, as you mentioned, the "home telephone" is pretty much gone already. Replaced by wireless mobile phones. The telephone also ousted the telegraph. Which everyone thought was the way we would communicate long distance forever. <br /><br />I am not "anti-grid". But, I AM anti-price gouging! I hope at the very least, as solar power gets into the homes of more and more people, that the commercial power companies will lower their prices to stay competitive. They may actually start offering internet service along their power lines for value add. They may themselves start using more and more solar panels for collecting energy instead of fossil fuels.<br /><br />I hope so!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006270268477566547noreply@blogger.com