Comments on: Yosemite adds lots of solar panels to save $50K yearly in electricity costs http://www.slashgear.com/yosemite-adds-lots-of-solar-panels-to-save-50k-yearly-in-electricity-costs-05169765/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Johnnie http://www.slashgear.com/yosemite-adds-lots-of-solar-panels-to-save-50k-yearly-in-electricity-costs-05169765/#comment-128613 Johnnie Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169765#comment-128613 and here we see the economic issues surrounding “green” power…  A local farm in my area also did this…. it’s expected to pay for itself in a timeframe which is longer than the average lifespan of the solar cells.   It just illustrates the reason why solar cells aren’t heavily used yet.

]]> By: Cynyr http://www.slashgear.com/yosemite-adds-lots-of-solar-panels-to-save-50k-yearly-in-electricity-costs-05169765/#comment-128572 Cynyr Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:16:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169765#comment-128572 116 years to be exact, assuming the cost of electricity from the grid stays the same.

now take out some cost for building the canopy, and the 700k they expect to get from the electric company… to say get the price down to 4 million for the panels and install and you get a payback of 80 years. Still too long.

]]> By: David Crowley http://www.slashgear.com/yosemite-adds-lots-of-solar-panels-to-save-50k-yearly-in-electricity-costs-05169765/#comment-128570 David Crowley Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169765#comment-128570 I’m very pro green energy but at 50k a year and a cost of 5million(including rebate) – that will take a long time to pay itself off – wonder did they research any other types of green energy?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/yosemite-adds-lots-of-solar-panels-to-save-50k-yearly-in-electricity-costs-05169765/#comment-128558 Anonymous Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=169765#comment-128558 Rays.

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