AhbabaOooMaoMao

AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_iyenrji wrote

On leases or PPAs (power production agreement).

The panels get less efficient as the system ages, but every year the monthly contract price goes up even though every month you produce slightly less power. This is called panel degradation. I think the inverter also loses efficiency but not as marked.

As soon as you sign the lease, the contract is likely to be sold to a third party. In my experience from a practical and legal standpoint, these companies have very little incentive to maintain systems or work with home owners if something major happens like a tree falls on the panels/roof or if the roof otherwise needs replacement.

The companies advertise no cost of maintenance as you pointed out but you still owe money for the power the panels would have produced even if they stop producing for reasons outside of your control.

So if you get a tree branch through your system, they have no reason to rush to remove the panels so a roofer can come in (you're not allowed to remove the panels) because you still owe them the same amount of money each month regardless of whether the system is functioning. Instead of paying for what you actually produced, you owe for what you should have produced.

They also advertise no cost removal of the panels if you want to end the lease and that is true but you still owe monthly payments for the entire lease duration, which could be twenty plus years. They just don't charge a separate line item to remove a system (why would they, since they can lease it to someone else).

Just thought I'd add some detail because I hate leases so much.

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_iyeiyw4 wrote

Guns =/= cars.

>[T]he owner's duty, as in other similar situations, to provide against resulting injuries is a function of three variables: (1) The probability that she will break away; (2) the gravity of the resulting injury, if she does; (3) the burden of adequate precautions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus_of_negligence

This is just a useful construct for understanding reasonableness.

The issue with guns is that second factor, and to a lesser extent the third.

If someone steals your car, they're likely to go for a joyride or sell it. If someone steals your guns, they're likely to end someone's life with it.

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_iyba5ly wrote

>Miller said Wines describes in detail “at least ten other people affiliated with the ‘Ruthless for Life’ motorcycle club that would be motivated to commit this crime in order to join the ‘Mongols’ motorcycle club

That's the gang that was busted last summer running a regional drug trafficking operation, which many, many members of this sub idiotically described as a compassionate cannabis swap meet and a public service. Fucking idiots.

https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Police-Portland-motorcycle-gang-busted-in-drug-17249227.php

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ixyviv2 wrote

Incel, you lost. Probably a good reason for it. You seem like a piece of shit just based on this post. So, what reasons did your wife list in support of her petition? I'm sure there were a few. Probably still sitting around house all dirty wondering why she left.

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