The use of cars and homes comes with expenses. So we know. But that’s going to change. In the future electric cars can store and sell energy while they are not being used. And homes can become power stations that generate income to pay for mortgages. This home in England’s East Sussex makes more than $250 in monthly income from solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, and a wood-chip biomass boiler.
This home generates income by producing more energy than it needs
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