P
(PeteCresswell)
- Jan 1, 1970
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From the outside it looks like one hopes to recoup the additional
up front cost via savings on whatever fuel/means are currently
used to heat/cool the house.
In our case that would be natural gas for winter heating and
electricity for summer cooling.
Seems like there are three cost factors over and above the diff
between cost of electricity to drive the heat pump and cost of
currently-used heating/cooling energy sources:
1) 30% no-limit tax deduction for the up front cost.
2) Relative increases in the cost of electricity and
natural gas.
3) Whatever inflation comes out of the current fiscal
situation.
For #2, it seems like one is betting that the cost increases of
natural gas and electric power will move upwards more-or-less in
sync - as opposed to electric power going through the roof and
natural gas staying about the same.
Has anybody looked into the underlying economic assumptions?
up front cost via savings on whatever fuel/means are currently
used to heat/cool the house.
In our case that would be natural gas for winter heating and
electricity for summer cooling.
Seems like there are three cost factors over and above the diff
between cost of electricity to drive the heat pump and cost of
currently-used heating/cooling energy sources:
1) 30% no-limit tax deduction for the up front cost.
2) Relative increases in the cost of electricity and
natural gas.
3) Whatever inflation comes out of the current fiscal
situation.
For #2, it seems like one is betting that the cost increases of
natural gas and electric power will move upwards more-or-less in
sync - as opposed to electric power going through the roof and
natural gas staying about the same.
Has anybody looked into the underlying economic assumptions?