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Old 06-22-2010, 07:52 AM   #442 (permalink)
aceventura3
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Originally Posted by raging moderate View Post
Doesn't really change the point: we won't change until we're forced to.
I have a different take on this point. We won't change until the economics of the issue makes it advantageous to change.

The reason I don't have solar panels on my house is because the payoff is too long, about 10 years for me. If the number was closer to 2 or 3 years, I would do it. The reason I don't drive a hybrid is because they lack relative power (cost/horsepower and weight/horsepower), they cost more up front and the payoff is also too long. Change they dynamics of the cost and change will happen pretty fast.
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