Category: plug-in

• Why we traded in our Plug-in Hybrid

  Sep 17, 2014

  Last year in July, we were excited to purchase a plug-in hybrid. I was a truly great car. It rarely needed gas. It was fun to drive. It helped us use more of our surplus solar electric generation. It even hauled a few goats.

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• Second solar anniversary

  Jul 28, 2013

  Last month marked our second solar year. We produced 8,519 kWh and used 6,410 kWh for a net of -2,110 kWh from June 2012 to June 2013.

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• Why we bought a Plug-in Hybrid

  Jul 11, 2013

  

  If you remember one of our early solar posts when building the house, we initially assumed that solar was going to be too expensive for us. Then we ran the numbers and found that the rate of return was actually quite attractive over the log run.

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