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Originally Posted by vintageogauge
The homes with natural gas do not use it to heat the home in the winter. It is only for hot water, cooking, clothes dryer, and outside grilling if desired. The backup heat is electric. Utilities are very fairly priced here, we have a 2,700 sq. ft. home and have never had a electric bill over $100.00, winter or summer. I don't know what solar panels cost but as far as the roof holding them there are plenty of pools heated with roof panels that I would assume are pretty heavy.
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My home in Polo Ridge is heated with gas. Assuming you were talking about the newer homes? Solar panels a bad investment in my opinion with energy prices as low as they are here. The payback on that type of investment would probably take decades.