The investment isn't that large; $5,000 would pay itself back for the average household in 1-4 years of power bills.
If that's true why can't some company get 20% per year on their capital by building a new nuclear power plant? Anything with predicted return well over the 10% should get funding.
If that's true why can't some company get 20% per year on their capital by building a new nuclear power plant?
Who says that they can't do so, rather than that they haven't noticed they could do so, or can't persuade people to get over their phobia of nuclear power and let them do so?
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