My new Plugin Prius has nearly 1,300 miles under it's belt and the mileage numbers are impressive: 111 MPG! You can get more information at my website: Welcome to the Maine Solar House
When I was in Germany last Summer I noticed a tremendous amount of PV on roof tops, I asked one of the natives about it and he mentioned that homeowners were getting tremendous deals from the German Gov't. I don' t remember the exact details but it seems that the Gov't was putting up half the cost with very generous financing. Should somebody know the exact details, please clue us in, Thankyou. Can you imagine what the country might be like if only half of America went solar? Congratulations on your Solar plan of the last 18 years, your PIP and a very nice house!
Most of my driving is within a 20 miles radius and the majority is within a 5 miles radius...I know that with longer trips the MPG will go down, but as of now I am amazed! Thanks for your comments...we are all doing our part by going much further with every gallon of gas.
The deal is called a feed-in-tarriff. People who put up PV get a contract to sell their electricity at a set price for a number of years (20?). This makes it easy to get financing to install it. The set price is above the average price of other electricity. The difference is made up by electric rate payers (not the government). The set price declines over time (for new contracts), making up for the higher prices initially. We tried to get a similar bill passed in Maine a few years ago. We hope to try again with something similar when the political climates changes.
