Lancaster Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I'm just now half expecting CRA to go in and tax the guy for "generating income-equivalence" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, bishopshodan said: The home I just bought is on oil, I'm now on the coast of BC. Don't know how I feel about it. Costs a tonne (both to upgrade and to remove the oil system) but....heat pump. Edited December 5, 2019 by aGENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, aGENT said: Costs a tonne (both to upgrade and to remove the oil system) but....heat pump. I'm trying to learn more about it, have a gas fireplace and stove too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: The home I just bought is on oil, I'm now on the coast of BC. Don't know how I feel about it. interesting, most of the province is hydro or natural gas. Maybe you can convert. When I was living in nova scotia it seemed like every house had a tank outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DADDYROCK Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 The government would tax the sunshine if they could,(oh you mean they just did). they get all this money coming in and seem to be able to squander it away at a record pace, and it is never enough they have to build huge deficits. People with money looking after the budget isn't really the best of ideas to begin with. Sure glad they don't look after my bankbook,I'd be homeless just like so many good Canadian men, women, and children,and it's getting worse. They want us to GO GREEN and then turn around and do despicable things like this. Government is supposed to help it's people not tax them into poverty,they are truly LACKING MORALS. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: interesting, most of the province is hydro or natural gas. Maybe you can convert. When I was living in nova scotia it seemed like every house had a tank outside. I've got two...Oil and Gas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I'm trying to learn more about it, have a gas fireplace and stove too.... Natural gas? That's helpful if it is. Propane's not bad but NG is better. Is your oil system ducted? Edited December 5, 2019 by aGENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, bishopshodan said: I've got two...Oil and Gas! planet killer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, aGENT said: Natural gas? That's helpful if it is. Is your oil system ducted? yea, it does my general heating. the Gas is on the fireplace and the stove.... I'm 'cooking with gas!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: planet killer I know, me of all people. I have done a lot to reduce my carbon footprint...and now look at me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: yea, it does my general heating. the Gas is on the fireplace and the stove.... I'm 'cooking with gas!' Propane or NG? Then you're laughing if you put a heat pump in. You can use the heat pump spring/fall and then heat more of the house/supplement with the fireplace (using the ducted heat pump system's fan to circulate the air) in the colder months. Check for rebates too. Edited December 5, 2019 by aGENT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I know, me of all people. I have done a lot to reduce my carbon footprint...and now look at me! its OK, we know you're trying. Agent might be onto something with the rebates tho, sometimes they are really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, aGENT said: Propane or NG? Then you're laughing if you put a heat pump in. You can use the heat pump spring/fall and then heat more of the house/supplement with the fireplace (using the ducted heat pump system's fan to circulate the air). Check for rebates too. Pretty sure it's NG. We're still getting sorted, been here for a couple weeks. Thanks for the info/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, kingofsurrey said: I thought that most net zero homes sold excess electricity back to the grid during peak times... and then bought back electricity during times of poor generation........ Same. 1 hour ago, Baer. said: This story is 2 years old. They covered this guy again in 2018 and also again this year. PEI introduced a 10% HST rebate. Not much but it's a start. Unfortunately this guy is way ahead of everybody else and bureaucracy hasn't caught up to him yet. I'm sure he can handle paying an extra $100 a year if he can afford $42k in renovations. To my knowledge the issue has not been rectified. I'm pretty sure I posted this before. The bolded-how very socialist of you. Edited December 5, 2019 by Ryan Strome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Sucks for this dude, but if you make an exception for him...opens the door for other Richie Rich to take advantage of this opportunity. Probably creates another loophole for the rich to get richer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, timberz21 said: Sucks for this dude, but if you make an exception for him...opens the door for other Richie Rich to take advantage of this opportunity. Probably creates another loophole for the rich to get richer. Huh? Going along that line of thinking, should I be taxed for raking my lawn because I could have paid for a landscaper? Or taxed on the food I grow / hunt? because I could have gone to the store? He's developing his own energy...and it's clean energy. Shouldn't this be incentified instead of punished? Maybe I don't understand what you are saying... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, bishopshodan said: I know, me of all people. I have done a lot to reduce my carbon footprint...and now look at me! Quick! Purchase Carbon Credits before we are all doomed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 28 minutes ago, timberz21 said: Sucks for this dude, but if you make an exception for him...opens the door for other Richie Rich to take advantage of this opportunity. Probably creates another loophole for the rich to get richer. 15 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Huh? Going along that line of thinking, should I be taxed for raking my lawn because I could have paid for a landscaper? Or taxed on the food I grow / hunt? because I could have gone to the store? He's developing his own energy...and it's clean energy. Shouldn't this be incentified instead of punished? Maybe I don't understand what you are saying... Timber I'm with Bishop you have me also very confused. Isn't this what we're rewarding nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Quick! Purchase Carbon Credits before we are all doomed! Well, I didn't breed.....those are some credits in the bank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 hours ago, aGENT said: Natural gas? That's helpful if it is. Alf's effusion's are anything but natural. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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