Jack doesn't live in this house; Mike does.
Mike Strizki lives in the very first solar-hydrogen house in the U.S. and according to The Christian Science Monitor, "It sounds promising, even utopian: homemade, storable energy that doesn't contribute to global warming."
But the very positive profile of Strizki and his unusual new home left out the cost to other New Jersey residents.
“The total cost, $500,000, was paid for in part with a $250,000 grant from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities,” correspondent Jared Flesher wrote on March 15.
Let's see ... a grant from New Jersey. Since New Jersey isn't a person that means the $250,000 came from taxpayers.
The money used to pay for Strizki's solar-hydrogen house in the name of protecting the environment is roughly equivalent to the electric bill for 2005 for 237 people in New Jersey.
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Well, that's $250,000 from NE
March 16, 2007 - 15:53 ET by Mr. KafirWell, that's $250,000 from NEW JERSEY taxpayers, right? Glad I don't live there.
Yea well I do and let me te
March 16, 2007 - 16:07 ET by jiminjerseyYea well I do and let me tell you it stinks. There are some really great things about NJ. Unfortunately the cost to live here is outrageous. But you are not off the hook.
Corruption, out of control spending and 175 billion in unfunded liablities will soon bankrupt this state. This is what happens when the extreme left wing liberals gain and retain control.
State spending is now @ roughly $35 billion dollars per year and growing @ a rate of somewhere between 8 and 10 percent per annum. That doesn't count local spending which is how we pay for our schools, police, garbage removal, etc.. My property taxes (I own a condo with a 10x15 foot patio) are $6,500 a year. Many of my freinds property tax bills are in the 10K - 15K range. Add that to a 7 % sales tax and and income tax rate between 5.5% and 9%. The NJ taxpayer can not bear any more burden. It is obvious we will not be able to meet our financial obligations.
It will be up to the federal government and you to bail us out1 Thanks!
It will be up to the federal
March 16, 2007 - 17:48 ET by FastEdIt will be up to the federal government and you to bail us out. Thanks! AS another Garden Stater, THAT ain't gonna happen, not with NY's senators watching the money pot (they want it themselves, no sharing). I'm just wondering when I get an invitation to this house - We could have a party! I'll bring the beer!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Since you have all those &q
March 17, 2007 - 01:26 ET by Right2thePointSince you have all those "local" payments for most of what government does, WTF is all the "State" money going for?
If I were you, I would move to another state where the tax burden is lower and not just stand there with my head in the stocks and say "may I have another one sir".
Socialists
March 16, 2007 - 21:04 ET by gfrrman"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money....." Margaret Thatcher
Spending someone elses money
March 16, 2007 - 15:58 ET by upcountrywaterSpending someone elses money is a hard habit to break. Just increase taxes ( grant money lmao) no big deal.
BTW All of the custom equipment that is built for this job, tanks panels etc .Used tons of oil.
Ahhh...The House that Jack...
March 16, 2007 - 16:11 ET by bigtimerAhhh...The House that Jack... er... Mike Built...
Priceless.
Socialism at work for all to see.
Where do we sign up? Barr
March 16, 2007 - 17:17 ET by JerryWhere do we sign up? Barring any maintenance or operational costs, this system will virtually pay for itself in 237 years.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Gee, maybe the government s
March 16, 2007 - 16:11 ET by motherbeltGee, maybe the government should mandate that ALL houses should be built that way! Who cares if most people don't have that kind of money; the fate of the planet depends on it!
mb...Yeah!We all want our car
March 16, 2007 - 16:38 ET by bigtimermb...
Yeah!
We all want our carbon footprint here on earth!
Especially a $250,000.00 one!
Global Warming
March 16, 2007 - 19:39 ET by pbanks7If you pull my finger, I'll buy a carbon offset!
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
If he pulls your finger, ther
March 16, 2007 - 21:40 ET by FastEdIf he pulls your finger, there GOES the carbon offset!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
I wonder if FL has a versio
March 16, 2007 - 16:27 ET by sarcasmoI wonder if FL has a version of this scam? I have a dream of one day not paying FPL (or at least of having a choice of electricity vendors/sources). I'm tired -- especially this time of the year -- of supporting other taxpayers' criminal scams. It might finally be time other taxpayers were forced to pay for one of mine.
JMR
No expenditure of taxpayer d
March 16, 2007 - 16:28 ET by Master ShakeNo expenditure of taxpayer dollars is too large if it will stop ManBearPig!!!
In all fairness--as a Jersey
March 16, 2007 - 16:53 ET by tracheostomyIn all fairness--as a Jersey resident you should be permitted to borrow anything out of his garage anytime you want. =)
-PJ
"I'm not a theologist. I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a documentary filmmaker." -James Cameron
Uh, I live in Ala., on a 3
March 16, 2007 - 17:01 ET by 1sttofightUh, I live in Ala., on a 3 acre lot with a 3000 sqft home and my property taxes are $60/year.
lst...Surely you jest?Are the
March 16, 2007 - 17:04 ET by bigtimerlst...
Surely you jest?
Are the property taxes seperate from your home?
Just curious...
Well actually they are $64.
March 16, 2007 - 20:40 ET by 1sttofightWell actually they are $64. per year total. I have a cousin who lives in Mass with an equivalent house and 1/2 acre who pays close to $8000/ year.
Gee.$8,000. And I complain ab
March 16, 2007 - 21:07 ET by danboGee.$8,000. And I complain about my $900 here on the Miss coast. But then my house was above Katrina's high tide. So my property value rose about as much as the tide.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Where??? Me and my bunch, the
March 16, 2007 - 17:51 ET by FastEdWhere??? Me and my bunch, the three of us, only need 1/4 acre, and I"ll pay the tax for the whole property!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
You are killing me 1sttofight
March 16, 2007 - 18:40 ET by VT Con ManYou are killing me 1sttofight! I pay more than that for two weeks of my property taxes. Oh never mind, I live in Socialist Haven, I mean VT.
Any lots available? Know any Real Estate folk I can hook up with? Kidding.
That's only because your le
March 17, 2007 - 01:30 ET by Right2thePointThat's only because your legislators could only count that high!
Nuance and smooth to the core.
Extraction process is more efficient..
March 16, 2007 - 17:31 ET by Gary HallMay I suggest that simply extracting the combustable hot gases from Algore might save taxpayers $billions more. (;~>
Gary...Just think if we incl
March 16, 2007 - 17:37 ET by bigtimerGary...
Just think if we include all the Algorite followers what we would save!
LMAO!
Yes a continuous flow of hot
March 16, 2007 - 17:55 ET by upcountrywaterYes a continuous flow of hot compressed foul smelling gasses, spinning turbines. Problem is that these gasses are so corrosive that they rot the turbines at an alarming rate, thereby wiping out any cost advantage over traditional technologies.