Hey have you guys heard about leasing solar cells?
A friend from CT came this week. He's putting in a 9KW system. No cost for the install. It will provide 92% of his electrical needs right now. His total cost is zero. He locks in with a monthly payment of 148.00 a month for the next 15 years. As energy prices increase his stays the same. At the end of the lease he can choose to have the panels removed, or extend for five more years for 28 dollars a month lease! I guess everybody wins on this deal. You get fixed rate electricity, green renewable energy, the install company gets the state and fed. rebates, the lease company makes some cash on the l;ong term investment, and your price actually goes down after the 15 years are over. So far I think CT, CA, Colorado and New Jersey are offering similar programs.
I wonder if the biofuel guys are looking at the amount of vegetable oil, tranny fluid, machine oil and oil change oil recycling that is going on in the biofuel department? If I ran a farm or used a diesel engine for work I'd consider making biodiesel as show on truck tv show, it's pretty easy! There always seems pros and cons to everything!