28 September

Not only will installing solar save you thousands of dollars in electricty costs and pay for itself (easily the smartest investment for your spare money), but it also significantly increases the value of your home at resale. See graphs below. In addition having energy efficiency measures in your house (double-glazed windows, good insulation etc.) adds another similar premium to house sale price. But it gets even better. Because if you electrify your life, converting all home appliances to electric and also your car, mower etc, those same solar panels can be leveraged to create even more dramatic cost savings for you. Like I posted last week, the EV is costing us 80 cents per week to run. Worth pondering next time you’re at a petrol or diesel bowser, as the big dollars click over. Fossil fuel energy is the centre of our culture. All of the proceeds from it go to a handful of overseas countries, who use it to coat their Rolls Royces in pure gold. Renewable energy is Australian energy. Buy Australian. It’s not just free energy, you can even make money from it.