太阳能系统：成本与寿命

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You can buy a solar system 你可以购买一套太阳能系统

or you can lease a solar system. 或者你可以租赁一套太阳能系统。

Most people choose to lease. 大多数人选择租赁。

And the thing about solar power is 太阳能的特点是

that 那就是

it doesn't have any feedstock 它没有任何原料

or operational costs. 或运营成本。

So once it's installed, 所以一旦安装好，

it's 它就

just there. 在那里了。

It works for decades. 它可以工作几十年。

It'll work for probably a century. 它可能会工作一个世纪。

So therefore, the key thing to do is to get the cost of 因此，关键是要降低

that initial installation low 初次安装的成本，

and then get the cost of the financing low. 然后降低融资成本。

Because those are the two factors 因为这两个因素

that drive the cost of solar. 决定了太阳能的成本。

And we've made huge progress in 我们取得了巨大进展

that direction. 在那个方向上。

And that's why I'm confident we'll actually beat natural gas. 这就是为什么我确信我们实际上会超越天然气。

So your current proposition to consumers is, 所以你目前对消费者的提议是，

don't pay so much upfront. 不要预付太多。

Pay zero upfront. 零预付。

We will install panels on your roof. 我们会在你的屋顶安装电池板。

You will then pay, 然后你将支付，

how long is a typical lease? 典型的租赁期是多久？

Typical leases are 20 years. 典型的租赁期是20年。

But the value proposition is, 但价值主张是，

as you were alluding to, quite straightforward. 正如你所暗示的，非常直接。

It's no money down and your utility 零首付，而且你的水电费

bill decreases. 会减少。

So it's a pretty good deal. 所以这是一个相当不错的交易。