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It seems like you answered your own question? You have to pay a lot of money now for a breakeven that happens in close to fifteen years, which is close to the
by cjbprime 8y ago
It seems like you answered your own question? You have to pay a lot of money now for a breakeven that happens in close to fifteen years, which is close to the lifetime of the device. Which means that the value of the device to you is close to $0, but it costs you $15k. Why does that seem like it might be a good deal?
- CiaranMcNulty 8y agoComes down to whether they're willing to forfeit the potential 10-20k profit from investing that 15k wisely over 15 years, if it means they're burning less carbon
- cjbprime 8y agoIf your terminal goal was to see less carbon be burned, rather than to make a good financial decision, you could presumably accomplish more of that by taking the $15k (or ~$35k after investment) and using it to e.g. buy carbon offsets -- it's much cheaper and more effective to reduce emissions in the developing world than in countries like the US.