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Solidarity said :

Plus inner south residents are generally better educated, and realise that solar panels are not viable, both in an economic and an evironmental sense.

Clearly they aren’t educated enough to be able to spell “environmental”.

They certainly can spell “smug” though.

switch said :

Lin said :

Interesting though that none of the suburbs that appeared in the Top 20 most advantaged suburbs appear in this list…

And the Northside suburbs are disproportionately represented. What does that say about the North/South divide?

They’re closer to the sun?

Probably only during winter. In summer it would be too close to call.

Solidarity said :

Plus inner south residents are generally better educated, and realise that solar panels are not viable, both in an economic and an evironmental sense.

So, you think the future is in gas, coal and fossil fuels?

If you believe micro-generation isnt viable, you obviously dont understand the concept of scaling the infrastructure.

Lin said :

…And the Northside suburbs are disproportionately represented. What does that say about the North/South divide?

Well duh! Everyone knows your panels have to face North for maximum production!

chewy14 said :

I’m soooo happy to be subsiding the (outrageously expensive) electricity of these people who are wealthy enough to own their own homes.
It makes me feel all gooey inside.

You don’t have to be wealthy to own a home – being able to budget and holding a job helps!

Solidarity said :

breda said :

“Although it does seem that the inner south suburbs are lacking.”

1. We don’t need the money.

2. Solar panels are ugly.

3. Being conspicuously greener-than-thou is sooo 20th century.

Plus inner south residents are generally better educated, and realise that solar panels are not viable, both in an economic and an evironmental sense.

+1.

Does the Federal Government still give a “rebate” for installing solar panels? If so, that could explain why some suburbs have more than others.

Parents are just about to go Solar to Battery Bank and remove themselves from the grid entirely. If it works as well as we expect, I am doing the same once we start building.

They will have a Diesel Generator backup to charge the batteries, although the house will run on battery for an estimated 36 days and the solar charges quicker than the batteries will discharge under normal usage (including aircon).

That is how you use solar.

breda said :

“Although it does seem that the inner south suburbs are lacking.”

1. We don’t need the money.

2. Solar panels are ugly.

3. Being conspicuously greener-than-thou is sooo 20th century.

Plus inner south residents are generally better educated, and realise that solar panels are not viable, both in an economic and an evironmental sense.

Rather than conspicuously green, for some, it’s a case of conspicuously wise with money. Solar panels have gotten significantly cheaper yet the feed-in tarrif when you buy your system is locked in for 20 years. It’s not hard to get in excess of 10% safe return on investment. Furthermore the solar ‘income’ is not taxed (there’s more to it than that, but that’s the general picture).

Given the increasing price of electricity and the diminishing cost of solar PVs systems, a time will come when even without any subsidy or rebate, solar will make sense for many home owners.

I think NSW Govt were a little shocked at the uptake of their 7 years at 60c kWh and in no time reduced it back to 20c kWh. Even at 20c, cheaper, smaller systems can pay for themselves in 10yrs.