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“I love all of it.”
“I love all of it. The hot water heat pump is so great, it's quiet and so efficient. The induction cooktop is beautiful to cook on (and I'm an asthmatic so much better for my health).”
“Every tonne of CO² that we avoid burning now is a tonne less of cumulative warming.”
“We wanted to do our bit in preserving the planet for our mokopuna.”
“We put PV panels and a battery in to reduce power bills in retirement and to do our bit for preserving the planet for our mokopuna.”
“It's a great feeling generating your own power.”
“It's a great feeling generating your own power that is first stored as hot water, EV kms and then sold when we have excess energy.”
“There’s no way we’d go back to dirty, smelly and clunky petrol car”
“Range anxiety is a myth and there’s no way we’d go back to dirty, smelly and clunky petrol car. EVs are just so smooth and quiet.”

“Driving an EV is awesome - transport costs are minimal, we never have to stop at petrol stations.”
“Driving an EV is awesome - transport costs are minimal, we never have to stop at the petrol stations and we enjoy a responsive, technically amazing car. Love being able to charge for $0 at home.”

“The heat pumps are magic – no more collecting and chopping up firewood.”
“The heat pumps are magic–no more collecting and chopping up firewood and lugging it into the house.”

“I love that it hits so many 'wins' at once.”
“I love that it hits so many 'wins' at once: financial cost to me, resilience personally and for our country, better for the planet.”

“We installed solar on the advice of friends and because it made economic sense.”
“The internal rate of return on my solar system is 17%. That is vastly better than my kiwisaver returns. That includes allowing for a replacement battery and inverter within the 30 year lifespan of the panels.”

“We're saving about $5,500 / year in energy costs.”
“It all works well. It is environmentally cleaner, and it will probably pay for itself.”

“Generating more than enough energy over a year is a fantastic feeling.”
“The concept of generating more than enough energy over a year, on a relatively small amount of roof area, than the EV requires in a year is a fantastic feeling. We are rural and have quite a few power cuts so the Powerwall seamlessly taking the load has made life more simple.”

“We literally didn't pay a power bill from December 2025 until June 2026.”

“We don't have to worry about fuel and energy prices.”
“We don't have to worry about fuel and energy prices and we've really appreciated having our own generation and battery backup when storms have caused blackouts.”
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