Perspective is everything: In the bigger picture, just the Iraq war would pay for a net zero solar system on EVERY house in the United States plus an affordable electric car for each home! *And these numbers without the efficiency of mass production which would significantly reduce costs. We need a president with the guts to stand up and say the US government is going to make this happen with every single house in the United States (like when JFK boldly pointed to the moon and said were going there)... WAR COST: (Reuters) - The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said... The report, the work of about 30 academics and experts, was published in advance of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003. mobile.reuters/article/idUSBRE92D0PG20130314?irpc=932 TOTAL US HOUSES: 132,802,859 quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html. *Note about 20% are second homes that are normally empty. PEOPLE PER HOUSE: 2.61 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_households IRAQ WAR COST PER HOUSE: $45,179.75 cost of the iraq war (1 and 2, but not 3) per US household. SOLAR SYSTEM COST: Net zero solar system $18,337 dollars (before rebates) residentialenergylaboratory/costs.html ELECTRIC CAR COST: 2014 Mitsubishi i-MiEV - $23,845 16 kWh battery, 62 miles (EPA), 112 MPGe, 49 kW motor...but some owners could drive from a dealership having paid less than $16,000 for their i-MiEV... greencarreports/news/1080871_electric-car-price-guide-every-2012-2013-plug-in-car-with-specs ELECTRIC CAR AND HOUSE COST: $18,337+$23,845=$42,182 IRAQ WARS 1 & 2 COST MORE THAN SOLAR FOR EVERY US HOME PLUS AN ELECTRIC CAR, WITH ALMOST $3,000.00 LEFT OVER: $45,179.75−$42,182.00=$2,997.75 Danny Parker, Erin Elizabeth, Das Krishna, Rock Ridgeway, Bill Parsons, Paula Langguth Ryan, Paul Garfinkel, Andrea de Michaelis, Dharma Safi, Nicole Ajamè, Stefan Hering Cerin, Bill Posey, Greg Linnemeyer, Fredi Hazeem, Aharon Benitzak, Angel Elan Solari LightConnecting, Solar Smart, Kathryn OShannahan, Jennifer Zalme, Phyllis L. McNeal, Ganpat Visvanathan Please share freely.
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