How reasonable is this proposal?

Question

From a paper I'm reading for a class:

The city and a major window manufacturer form a joint venture to make and install energy-saving windows. This partnership company will come to your house or business, measure all windows and glass doors, and then replace them with windows with an R-8 to R-12 energy-efficiency rating. You will receive a $500 check upon installation, and you will pay for the windows over a 10-15 year period in your utility or tax bill. The windows will cost the home or business owner nothing. The city will pay for them initially with industrial development bonds. The factory will train and employ 300 disadvantaged people. The old windows will be completely recycled and reused. When the city if reglazed, the residents and businesses will pocket and extra $20-30 million every year in money saved on utility bills. The factory, designed to be transportable, will move to another city; the first city will retain an equity interest in the venture.

Answer 1

What you would have to look at is. What is the cost of the windows and labor How much is the extra tax hick..

If you can handle the pay off Then not bad.  If you need windows it may be worth It..

Answer 2

That sounds flawless, almost too good to be true; I'm sure that many civilians and some business owners would agree and vouch for this idea, but there are always those powerful non-cooperative business and political heads that make things hard. But if you work at it, they will accept it eventually.

Keep it up! That plan is logical, yet creative. With more people like you, we'll have a bright future indeed!

Answer 3

If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. If you own the building where the windows are to be installed, it sounds good. If you are too poor to own anything, renting, working part time for minimum wage, etc. you will be paying just as much through your utility bill as the millionaire across town who owns the building you live in. Also, what will it do for the local businessman who has spent his life working in town replacing windows. Does this put him and his workers on the unemployment list?