gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Stop evading. Answer the question asked of you.
A smarter way to get 'free' electricity
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gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Have you ever heard of 'equity'? (but not the kind of "equity" that liberals regularly and mindlessly chant for)
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Another stupid Nordbutt response.
Under such a scenario, essentially it is.
The point of TA's post was to explain how buying stock in a local utility company could end up offsetting the cost of electricity (via value of stock and dividends). It also explains how buying stock in a local utility company is ACTUALLY an investment as opposed to buying rooftop solar panels which is actually an expense (essentially a pre-paid expense).
Of course he could, but using it as an investment for local utility company stock (to generate dividends and stock value that offsets the cost of electricity from that company) makes more sense than using it as an expense for rooftop solar panels.
Bastardizing his position does not make it illogical. He's not saying that the electricity itself is free (but rather that it "nets" as being free via the investment income from the stocks/dividends in the utility company). You already know this but wish to be dishonest anyway.
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gfm7175
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Althea
Althea told me...........
LMFAO
So now it's a thought experiment? I already schooled you on the flaw in your experiment, but you continue to argue a ridiculous point.
So are you finished with your 'experiment'? Because prepaying $50k for electricity in order to earn $200/month sounds like the worst investment advice I've ever heard.
Althea
Althea told me...........
Great. Care to take a crack at explaining how prepaying $50k for electricity actually makes money?
Althea
Althea told me...........
You cannot buy shares of a company that isn't traded on the market.
Althea
Althea told me...........
Was there a question?
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
There is no "pre-payment for electricity" in this scenario. An investment in a local utility company is not a pre-payment.
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gfm7175
Mega MAGA
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Clearly you haven't heard of 'equity'.
Clearly you've never seen the TV show 'Shark Tank'.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Thanks for admitting that one doesn't make any money on rooftop solar panels.
There is no "prepaying $50k for electricity" under this stock scenario. An investment (of $50k or otherwise) is not a prepaid expense.
Maybe you should just "listen to the experts" on this one?? (I'm an expert on this subject matter btw).
Into the Night
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It is not 'prepaying' for electricity to invest in an electric company, Sock.
Althea
Althea told me...........
Catch up with the thread, and then enlighten us how prepaying $50k for electricity is a winning strategy.
Althea
Althea told me...........
There was no question
Althea
Althea told me...........
I've been watching since season 1.
This isn't that, no matter how hard you try to make sense of the idiotic claim in the OP
Althea
Althea told me...........
You're not an expert on investing if you think investing $50k in order to realize a gain of $200/month is a good idea if the goal is 'free electricity'.
Why would I spend that much/share for a 4.8% yield? I can do better on the 7 year bonds I hold right now. Short term t bills are still paying more than that.
Some expert.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Continued support for why rooftop solar panels are "[not] a winning strategy", although you'd mistakenly claim that they are.
Continued attempt to redefine '$50k investment' as "$50k prepayment". This thread is about an investment, which is NOT a prepayment.
Continued failure of Accounting 101.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Ignoring the existence of a question doesn't make it go away.
In fact, you even immediately responded to the question with a smart ass evasive response before now pretending that there wasn't a question. Remember?
I'll remind you of the question again:
"So, how long do the government bribes continue, and when they end, what happens?"
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gfm7175
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... and after the many seasons of Shark Tank that you've religiously watched, you STILL don't properly comprehend what is happening on that show?
Oh, of course! OF COURSE investing in a private company is somehow NOT investing in a private company.
There was nothing idiotic about it. He suggested investing one's money to "get free electricity" (to get returns on said investment which offsets the cost of electricity) instead of pre-paying for 20 years of electricity via rooftop solar panels. You then tried to make fun of him, claiming that he couldn't invest in APS because APS was a private company. He then schooled you again by providing you with the publicly traded holding company of APS (Pinnacle West), and now I'm schooling you re: the ability to invest in private companies and re: what prepaid expenses are vs what investments are.
Then, once you get schooled on any specific point, you divert away from it and try again with some other point, ad infinitum.
You only further embarrass yourself with every post that you make, but you can't help yourself.
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