Cash for appliances

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: Baked
California and PG&E gives heavy cashback and incentives to home owners who install solar panels on their roof. The total out of pocket cost to the home owner is less than $4K. PG&E pays you back after a couple of months from the electricity you put back into the grid. I wanna do that to my house.

I've thought of doing this, but I don't know what other effects screwing panels to my roof would have if done incorrectly, also we hardly get any sun here, and on top of it, think the snow would pile up on them anyway. In some climates it's an awesome idea though. I just don't get why solar panels are so freaken expensive to begin with. If they costed less think we'd see them in use more.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
how about i just keep my tax money and buy my own damn appliance? may as well just seal the deal and garnish the rest of my paycheck. prop up a few more failed businesses and give me the green items du jour i need to live.

Exactly what I was thinking...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
This does not require a trade in.
You go to the store and if the appliance is energy star rated then you get the rebate.

(Unlike the clunkers auto program, consumers won't have to trade in their old appliances.)

It is essentially a $200 cash back for buying a better appliance.

This is a great idea, IMO. now you can sell the older appliances on CL and make a little more cash.

My main problem with the cash for clunkers was the enormous waste created by the suddenly junked autos.

Of course, I assume someone, maybe in the scrap industry, had a nice fat contract to break all that tin down and sell it to China....

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: amdskip
If this is true the money will go to Mexico and wherever else appliances are made now, well a few here but not much. Such an oversight by the president...

It's to stimulate the economy and get people more efficient appliances to use less resources just like the car one was. Not all cars that were eligible for the clunkers program were made in the USA.

IMHO I drive a Honda but the big 3 should have been the only eligible manufacturers. I'm all for using less resources but why not add more stipulations and keep the money here?

buying a Honda, depending on model, would be keeping the money here. Same with Toyota.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: amdskip
If this is true the money will go to Mexico and wherever else appliances are made now, well a few here but not much. Such an oversight by the president...

It's to stimulate the economy and get people more efficient appliances to use less resources just like the car one was. Not all cars that were eligible for the clunkers program were made in the USA.

IMHO I drive a Honda but the big 3 should have been the only eligible manufacturers. I'm all for using less resources but why not add more stipulations and keep the money here?

buying a Honda, depending on model, would be keeping the money here. Same with Toyota.

More SUVs are typically built in the US. I know MBs build their SUVs in the US.