Philippine Imports & Exports

Big Beautiful Pearl

I asked AI how much would it cost to have a similar system to yours.

(1) Solar panels and mounting P450K

(2) Off grid inverters P250K

(3) Battery bank P900K

(4) Installation, cabling & permits P150K

(5) Converting an ICE to EV P1400K

Total P3,150,000 or 75K AUD, 52K USD

That's what it would cost me, you are fortunate, but how many Filipino families, 2nd & 3rd world countries could afford this?

Bob, this is an expat site and thinking expats can afford to go alternatives and has little to do with the local population. Most have no spare Pesos and live day to day.

Instead of asking AI your questions do your own research, don't base it on my investment for our needs which is very piggish but your own needs and consumption. Your AI mate can't do that for you. Size your system to your needs and not mine.

I have no qualms on your AI figures and have posted previously what we spent,,,,, P 1.9M and that was to run a fully A/C home, back up for charging an EV and no power bills. Ask your AI mate the return on investment given your needs, for us it's 5 to 5 and a half years. for some it's 6 to 8 years for grid tied systems but remember most solar panels are guaranteed for 25 years. invertoes 8 years and batteries 8 to 10 years. The math tells the reality.

As for EV's? Choices and cost comparisons little different to going off grid.

Our costs? Stand alone solar and an EV, AU 80K and chump change compared to the returns both financial and environmental. I am not one person Bob, millions across the world are decarbonising and reaping the rewards.

Difficult to teach an old dog new tricks.

OMO.

Cheers, Steve.

Big Beautiful PearlI asked AI how much would it cost to have a similar system to yours.(1) Solar panels and mounting P450K (2) Off grid inverters P250K(3) Battery bank P900K(4) Installation, cabling & permits P150K(5) Converting an ICE to EV P1400KTotal P3,150,000 or 75K AUD, 52K USDThat's what it would cost me, you are fortunate, but how many Filipino families, 2nd & 3rd world countries could afford this? - @Enzyte Bob

Well sit down and trump - You're really overpaying.

Oh, just noticed you used AI (artificial idiocy)

All the irrelevant posturing aside? The topic still remains.

Philippines imports and exports.

Exports are mostly OFW's and imports seem to be everything else including expats.

I rest my case.

Cheers, Steve.

Big Beautiful Pearl said . . . .

Bob, this is an expat site and thinking expats can afford to go alternatives and has little to do with the local population. Most have no spare Pesos and live day to day.Instead of asking AI your questions do your own research, don't base it on my investment for our needs which is very piggish but your own needs and consumption. Your AI mate can't do that for you. Size your system to your needs and not mine.

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I asked AI because it is a one stop site for information of what is inquired. I don't plan on duplicating anything you have, I just wanted to know the ballpark price which AI gave me.

I wanted to know how much it would cost to go offline, I provided the figures. How many families in the Philippines can go off completely off grid, probably less than 1%. You are fortune.

Right now you have no R.O.I. It will be six years according  to you, but sometime in the future you will have to replace your lithium batteries, then your new R.O.I will start over again

Many times you make me laugh Bob, you can go offline right now and it won't cost you a cent. Your one stop AI shop only delivers what you want to hear and not necessarily realities, you have to give your mate the right info.

Bob I have posted many times the cost for independence to go off grid and not offline. As mentioned this is an expat site and according to most Filipinos we have money to burn.

The topic is about imports and exports and not going offline nor off grid but the imports for me from your most hated country make sense and an affordable life.

I give little Creedence to AI as it's only as good as the information you feed it, most times inaccurate with a little research.

Ah, nearly PM and time for my first JD. Enjoying power from the sun at home and when we travel.

Others bleat.

Cheers, Steve.

I asked AI because it is a one stop site for information of what is inquired - @Enzyte Bob

If AI didn't get things wrong all the time, you might be in with a chance of accurate information.