PV as an investment [RE-wrenches]

[jay peltz]

Hi All,

Heres my question.  Sure I give the customer many angles to make the system cost
effective, but how many people run into problems when you suggest:

"Well its cheaper to reduce than produce.  We need to get you a new refer, washer,
lights etc etc.  "

Then I show them the math, and its like major blank time.

Just wondering what you all have run into.

jay

peltz power

Smitty wrote:

> Howdy all. Reading all these wonderful posts about the payback wall people
> have built around themselves before contacting us, something occurred to me,
> and that is this. I don't know how old all of you are, but I suspect most of
> us are middle aged. After WW II, a lot of lads came home to a booming economy,
> and badda bing, badda boom, the baby boom was on. Young couples in the
> strongest economy on earth, out achieving the American dream for decades. He
> is where we come in. A generation watching our parents getting houses, new and
> better appliances of all kinds, cars with fins, and the marketing boob tube
> teaching us new, bigger and better.
>
> Many of the customers we deal with nationwide are of this generation. Our
> company roots are in solar thermal, but we to, still hear the "P" word and one
> of my other dreaded words, "efficiency".
>
> Since some of these baby boomers are now yuppies, I find they look at things
> they don't understand as an investment, as opposed to a Ford Expedition. ME
> WANT. I'll spare you the whole spiel, but it is quite simple to explain the
> economics of solar thermal vs a furnace or water heater in terms of an
> investment. About this time the Mrs. pops up, "It will make our house look
> ugly.". And so it goes. Sometimes the wall comes down (sometimes on my head).
>
> One last point. I find it is much easier to sell solar to our BB brethren,
> after they have already made a luxury purchase, i.e. a remote hunting cabin,
> RV or a cold swimming pool.
>
> Smitty
>
> "Bill Loesch, Saint Louis Solar" wrote:
>
> > My compliments Jeff for the creative thinking. Anyone else have an
> > effective reply to utility comparisons?
> >
> > Bill Loesch
> >
> > RE-wrenches said:
> > >When asked either "what's the  payback", or "how does this compare to the
> > utility co.", I simply
> > >said  "It's the cheapest clean power you can buy."
> >
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