Elite Actor Spends Public Money on his Bloated Mansion

[Butleroftwo]

This smart guy wants to spend over $1,000,000 to make his 6000 square foot home “green”.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/09/1m9dreyfuss2180-earth-friendly-house-works/?zIndex=63972

The problem is he wants us to pay for it. When they say “state rebates” they mean tax payers pay for it. When the say “incentives” from the utility they mean other ratepayers will pay for it.
If that homes utility bill is $600 a month then his return on investment is 138 years. That’s if it’s not cloudy, or he has any repairs or maintenance during that century.

Now that school districts are cutting back, I am glad that we can pay for this loser’s hobby.

[UCGal]

I don’t see anything saying Dreyfuss will be getting more than the rebates available to anyone else. Only that SDG&E will be using his renovation for a case study. (Which is very different than them funding/paying for it.)

And just a word on that designer he hired. My husband had the ‘pleasure’ of working with Deniece and her firm on the U.S. Grant. (Hubby was one of MANY architects that came and left in that renovation.) She’s a piece of work from what I heard. But he did say that she had some good design ideas. But the Grant renovation was an example of too many design teams competing for power and “vision” and not being managed properly.

As far as the rebates… I’m actually looking at taking advantage of the rebates/tax credits to add solar panels. Does that make me a loser expecting the taxpayers to fund a hobby, or does it make me an astute consumer looking to reduce my power consumption at the lowest cost to my pocketbook?

[UCGal]

I don’t see anything saying Dreyfuss will be getting more than the rebates available to anyone else. Only that SDG&E will be using his renovation for a case study. (Which is very different than them funding/paying for it.)

And just a word on that designer he hired. My husband had the ‘pleasure’ of working with Deniece and her firm on the U.S. Grant. (Hubby was one of MANY architects that came and left in that renovation.) She’s a piece of work from what I heard. But he did say that she had some good design ideas. But the Grant renovation was an example of too many design teams competing for power and “vision” and not being managed properly.

As far as the rebates… I’m actually looking at taking advantage of the rebates/tax credits to add solar panels. Does that make me a loser expecting the taxpayers to fund a hobby, or does it make me an astute consumer looking to reduce my power consumption at the lowest cost to my pocketbook?

[UCGal]

I don’t see anything saying Dreyfuss will be getting more than the rebates available to anyone else. Only that SDG&E will be using his renovation for a case study. (Which is very different than them funding/paying for it.)

And just a word on that designer he hired. My husband had the ‘pleasure’ of working with Deniece and her firm on the U.S. Grant. (Hubby was one of MANY architects that came and left in that renovation.) She’s a piece of work from what I heard. But he did say that she had some good design ideas. But the Grant renovation was an example of too many design teams competing for power and “vision” and not being managed properly.

As far as the rebates… I’m actually looking at taking advantage of the rebates/tax credits to add solar panels. Does that make me a loser expecting the taxpayers to fund a hobby, or does it make me an astute consumer looking to reduce my power consumption at the lowest cost to my pocketbook?

[UCGal]

I don’t see anything saying Dreyfuss will be getting more than the rebates available to anyone else. Only that SDG&E will be using his renovation for a case study. (Which is very different than them funding/paying for it.)

And just a word on that designer he hired. My husband had the ‘pleasure’ of working with Deniece and her firm on the U.S. Grant. (Hubby was one of MANY architects that came and left in that renovation.) She’s a piece of work from what I heard. But he did say that she had some good design ideas. But the Grant renovation was an example of too many design teams competing for power and “vision” and not being managed properly.

As far as the rebates… I’m actually looking at taking advantage of the rebates/tax credits to add solar panels. Does that make me a loser expecting the taxpayers to fund a hobby, or does it make me an astute consumer looking to reduce my power consumption at the lowest cost to my pocketbook?

[UCGal]

I don’t see anything saying Dreyfuss will be getting more than the rebates available to anyone else. Only that SDG&E will be using his renovation for a case study. (Which is very different than them funding/paying for it.)

And just a word on that designer he hired. My husband had the ‘pleasure’ of working with Deniece and her firm on the U.S. Grant. (Hubby was one of MANY architects that came and left in that renovation.) She’s a piece of work from what I heard. But he did say that she had some good design ideas. But the Grant renovation was an example of too many design teams competing for power and “vision” and not being managed properly.

As far as the rebates… I’m actually looking at taking advantage of the rebates/tax credits to add solar panels. Does that make me a loser expecting the taxpayers to fund a hobby, or does it make me an astute consumer looking to reduce my power consumption at the lowest cost to my pocketbook?

[CricketOnTheHearth]

I think Butleroftwo’s point is that he’s rich enough he shouldn’t need no steenkin subsidies to green up his house. You and me, on the other hand, can use all the help we can get. (A solar roof system can cost %15,000, for example.)

[CricketOnTheHearth]

I think Butleroftwo’s point is that he’s rich enough he shouldn’t need no steenkin subsidies to green up his house. You and me, on the other hand, can use all the help we can get. (A solar roof system can cost %15,000, for example.)

[CricketOnTheHearth]

I think Butleroftwo’s point is that he’s rich enough he shouldn’t need no steenkin subsidies to green up his house. You and me, on the other hand, can use all the help we can get. (A solar roof system can cost %15,000, for example.)

[CricketOnTheHearth]

I think Butleroftwo’s point is that he’s rich enough he shouldn’t need no steenkin subsidies to green up his house. You and me, on the other hand, can use all the help we can get. (A solar roof system can cost %15,000, for example.)

[CricketOnTheHearth]

I think Butleroftwo’s point is that he’s rich enough he shouldn’t need no steenkin subsidies to green up his house. You and me, on the other hand, can use all the help we can get. (A solar roof system can cost %15,000, for example.)

[NotCranky]

The energy,materials and labor expended and impacts on the planet over time, on a house this size, dwarf any benefits from the effects of going “green” as compared to a reasonably sized reasonably efficient house for two people.I don’t care to judge the standards but the oxymoron is there. The funny thing is these people derive pride from having been certified green.Two people living in Tijuana in a hut made of garage doors are green.

[NotCranky]

The energy,materials and labor expended and impacts on the planet over time, on a house this size, dwarf any benefits from the effects of going “green” as compared to a reasonably sized reasonably efficient house for two people.I don’t care to judge the standards but the oxymoron is there. The funny thing is these people derive pride from having been certified green.Two people living in Tijuana in a hut made of garage doors are green.

[NotCranky]

The energy,materials and labor expended and impacts on the planet over time, on a house this size, dwarf any benefits from the effects of going “green” as compared to a reasonably sized reasonably efficient house for two people.I don’t care to judge the standards but the oxymoron is there. The funny thing is these people derive pride from having been certified green.Two people living in Tijuana in a hut made of garage doors are green.

[NotCranky]

The energy,materials and labor expended and impacts on the planet over time, on a house this size, dwarf any benefits from the effects of going “green” as compared to a reasonably sized reasonably efficient house for two people.I don’t care to judge the standards but the oxymoron is there. The funny thing is these people derive pride from having been certified green.Two people living in Tijuana in a hut made of garage doors are green.

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