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William Feela, Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.  (WHISPERING PINES REALTY)

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Yes

 

Dec 31, 2015 08:18 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

No. We built a very energy efficient home and our utitily bills average around $150 per month. Not bad for 3200 sq. ft.

Dec 31, 2015 12:10 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

No -- not on my ever growing list of things to do in 2016.

Dec 31, 2015 07:11 PM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

More firewood and coal for heat. LOL. There's a story behind that. 

Dec 31, 2015 09:34 AM
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Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

I'd love to get rid of our Hydro/Electric -  highway robbery at its best!! 

Dec 31, 2015 07:17 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

William,

Not personally.  Our town does have solar panels as do some of the buildings. A

Dec 31, 2015 05:57 AM
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

No - 

Dec 31, 2015 10:30 PM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

William Feela Not really. Just continuing to try and be more conservative with the utilities.

Dec 31, 2015 10:10 PM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Solar wins on this score.

Dec 31, 2015 10:00 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

I am not.

Dec 31, 2015 09:09 PM
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Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning William. With the price of oil, there is no reason to do anything different.

Dec 31, 2015 07:32 PM
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Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
Realtor in San Diego, CA & Naples, FL

Yes, vitamins.

Dec 31, 2015 07:08 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

William Feela I am looking for alternative HOME....lol!

Lot smaller than what I have now.....

Dec 31, 2015 03:34 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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We will be adding to our solar panel array, and probably outfitting a camper with solar.

Dec 31, 2015 03:10 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I've heated with a wood burning stove for 15 years.  We also are very conservative with water, have lots of shade trees for summer months, do laundry at odd evening hours, run the dishwasher in the middle of the night and turn off our water heater when we are away.

Dec 31, 2015 01:41 PM
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Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
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William - Not really, tried solar hot water heater in the past. All it did was cost a ton of money, and we didn't save anything. 

Dec 31, 2015 11:47 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

     Gas is cheap, light bills are down, so no... not really giving it much thought.

Dec 31, 2015 11:25 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I would like to consume less food without sacrificing energy demand

Dec 31, 2015 09:05 AM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Get one sales call a week. I told them it is a waste with the low bills getting. Than I get another call. My # is on do not call list.

Have a Green home built in and updated.  

Dec 31, 2015 07:50 AM
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

No but I wish I were able to.

Dec 31, 2015 07:22 AM
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Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
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No, this is not a priority for me.

Dec 31, 2015 07:05 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I would have to say no even with both my neighbors having solar panel now.

Dec 31, 2015 06:15 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I have a pellet stove and this is my third winter using it....I love it....

Dec 31, 2015 05:56 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

No. We will rely on natural gas and electricity.

Jan 01, 2016 02:05 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I would love to explore some potential solar power.

Jan 01, 2016 12:58 AM
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

If I did it would be water powered.

Dec 31, 2015 11:00 PM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Geritol for me.

Dec 31, 2015 10:42 PM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No.

Dec 31, 2015 10:36 PM
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Fred Hafdelin
Weichert Realtors - Mountain Lakes, NJ

Nope.

Dec 31, 2015 10:06 PM
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TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 Good morning William. No.

Dec 31, 2015 05:31 PM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

We live on a hill and should harness that for power. I was told our co op won't allow? Anyhow looking at using the windmill for our source of energy for the barn.

Dec 31, 2015 03:33 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I'll be looking at solar.

Dec 31, 2015 02:32 PM
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Linda Guess
Keller Williams Tri-Lakes Branson, MO - Branson, MO
Branson area real estate sales.

If I knew for sure I would be staying in my home for many years, I would consider solar.  We just installed a new energy efficent central air and heat.  That is probably all we will do for now.  It has been a big sayings already in the last few months.

Dec 31, 2015 12:50 PM
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Joan Dickie
Keller Williams Premier Realty - La Crosse, WI
Keller Williams Premier Realty

Solar isn't as popular around here.  I thought geothermal might catch on, but not so much.

I saw some solar panels today.  Didn't do much good covered with snow.  Maybe that's why...

Dec 31, 2015 09:52 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Solar is what I am researching. 

Dec 31, 2015 07:59 AM
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Michael Scruggs
UTR Texas-Realtors - Houston, TX
ABR, CNE, TAHS

No William. Not at this time.

Dec 31, 2015 06:49 AM
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

No.

Dec 31, 2015 06:48 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

YES, in fact were talking about it this week. Going to try our luck with a solar water heater and see how that goes. If it goes well, the next project might be a solar paneled patio cover/carport. Baby steps.

Dec 31, 2015 06:40 AM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Would love to have. options but not available here.  I know a few people who heat exclusively with wood.  Very time consuming

Dec 31, 2015 05:17 AM
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David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation
Colorado Real Estate Advisers LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Relocation, Luxury & Lifestyle residential

William,
Solar is not popular here. I can’t think of any I want to try.

Jan 03, 2016 05:17 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'd love to get a Sterling Engine, could in theory provide unlimited energy without toxic chemicals used in Nuclear or Solar power.  Yes, look it up the panel production uses enough toxic chemicals and produces enough toxic waste that it more than offsets the environmental savings by not having coal/nuclear power.  I did a paper on it many years ago for some college class or another.

 

With that said, I'd love to get either a solar roadway for a driveway (unfortunately they are still in development and not available for sale yet to the public), or solar roof shingles (since I hate the look of the panels).  Not in the plan for 2016 through 2018 though.  Too expensive still and my energy bill at the peak of summer with the A/C going 24/7 is only $250.  For me it is more about being able to power the house during prolonged outages from earthquake or wide-spread disruption to the power grid from terrorist attack, computer or operator malfunction or EMP from a solar flare.

 

Why we don't spend the 1-2 million per power major power transfer center to ground them against this is beyond me. There aren't that many in th US that need it...

 

Jan 01, 2016 04:53 AM