Is solar PV worth it?

The_Green_Man_2

spgsc531 wrote: »

Just for you

http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/buyersguides/energy/solarpvpanels.aspx

Buyers' guide to solar PV panels, from Ethical Consumer.



This is a product guide from Ethical Consumer, the UK's leading alternative consumer organisation. Since 1989....

Happy reading

No one is debating whether solar panels are ethical. We are debating whether FIT payments subsidizing those wealthy enough to install solar panels is ethical. Please try to keep up.

spgsc531

The_Green_Man wrote: »

No one is debating whether solar panels are ethical. We are debating whether FIT payments subsidizing those wealthy enough to install solar panels is ethical. Please try to keep up.

Try reading the link before replying...

"An investigation into solar PV panels as an alternative energy source for the home in light of the feed-in tariff scheme"

Keep Up

EricMears

The_Green_Man wrote: »

What is the subject, which part of my post is irrelevent or inaccurate?

The subject is printed at the head of each page - but to save you looking it up it's "Is solar PV worth it?".

Better still, let me summarise the main points of the OPs question :-

Tycoed wrote: »

Having trawled the forum and done some other research I'm not sure of the cost benefit of a PV system. Perhaps someone could comment on my thoughts.

Of course, I haven't mentioned the green issue, but I'm really only thinking finances at the moment.

Thanks for any help. Phil.

Always worth reading the question before attempting to answer it - or at least that was my schoolteachers' advice before we sat any major exams.

I'm really struggling to see what help Phil will have gleaned from the previous few pages.

The_Green_Man_2

spgsc531 wrote: »

Try reading the link before replying...

"An investigation into solar PV panels as an alternative energy source for the home in light of the feed-in tariff scheme"

Keep Up

Please provide a quote from that text where they discuss the morals of FIT payments. All it discusses are the ethical issues of the companies that manufacture PV panels. As I said, no one is debating whether solar panels are ethical.

The_Green_Man_2

EricMears wrote: »

The subject is printed at the head of each page - but to save you looking it up it's "Is solar PV worth it?".

Better still, let me summarise the main points of the OPs question :-


Always worth reading the question before attempting to answer it - or at least that was my schoolteachers' advice before we sat any major exams.

I'm really struggling to see what help Phil will have gleaned from the previous few pages.

Well I think you should look at the top of the forum and Martin's Sticky:

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Sometimes going cheap can hurt the environment. This board's been set up to counter that. How do you live life the MoneySaving way, but protect our planet too?

As environmental issues impact right across our lives, the issue is of course duplicated elsewhere, such as organic food buying in MoneySaving Old Style. Yet my aim is this is a forum that will cover cost cutting and enviromentally friendly and also ethical financial issues too.

So you might think that "Is solar PV worth it" just covers the financial cost of PV, not the environmental cost of FIT subsidized PV.

In my view PV isn't worth it if it means that it is only available to a small section of society. Just because my view isn't the same as yours doesn't mean it isn't valid.

Perhaps Phil was unaware that FITs come from everyone's bills, including those who have to make the decision to 'heat or eat'. Certainly some others on here were unaware of it before they bought their PV panels. One even admitted he would have thought twice about it if he had known.

spgsc531

The_Green_Man wrote: »

Please provide a quote from that text where they discuss the morals of FIT payments. All it discusses are the ethical issues of the companies that manufacture PV panels. As I said, no one is debating whether solar panels are ethical.

Just had to quote this before you change it

Hilarious

The_Green_Man_2

spgsc531 wrote: »

Just had to quote this before you change it

Hilarious

I don't change my posts except to correct spellings or punctuation or to add further information.

You seem to be trying to avoid the question: "Please provide a quote from that text where they discuss the morals of FIT payments."

But then you always do.

EricMears

The_Green_Man wrote: »

So you might think that "Is solar PV worth it" just covers the financial cost of PV, not the environmental cost of FIT subsidized PV.

It's not a matter of what I think. The OP asked a question and made it very clear that he was asking only for advice on the financial implications.

The_Green_Man_2

EricMears wrote: »

It's not a matter of what I think. The OP asked a question and made it very clear that he was asking only for advice on the financial implications.

Tycoed wrote: »

I would appreciate any thoughts on the matter.

I gave my thoughts on the matter. Unless you are Martin Lewis or a member of the forum team, it's not for you to decide what gets posted in here.

EricMears

The_Green_Man wrote: »

I gave my thoughts on the matter. Unless you are Martin Lewis or a member of the forum team, it's not for you to decide what gets posted in here.

Anyone is free to post what they want. I am (as is everyone else) equally free to remind the group that the OP specifically stated that he was only interested in the financial implications.