(09-09-2021, 03:41 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(09-08-2021, 10:34 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Oh for heaven's sake.

He's saying I should be concerned that there are energy losses in my power inverter.  There are losses, of course, but this is a loss of clean, free energy that most people don't collect in the first place.

The central concern is CO2 in the atmosphere.  If the energy you're using is from fossil fuels, to minimize CO2 you have to maximize your efficiency.  But if the energy you're using is from clean sources, it emits no CO2 regardless of if you use it efficiently or inefficiently.  Now once you factor money in, yes, efficient is better than inefficient, but if you're only looking at mitigating climate change, it doesn't matter.

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(09-09-2021, 10:45 AM)copycat Wrote: We looked into solar not long ago but at our age there is no return on investment.  The cost has to come down dramatically before the average person can afford it.

We expect to break even in about 10 years.  Many people aren't planning on staying in their home that long.  We were.