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Originally Posted by 12clicks
except that the solar panels don't come close to covering the cost of electric on a 3k sq ft house unless you're in a very specific climate and don't heat or cool your house with electric.
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I was planning on getting solar panels but sell back 100% of the production if that's possible and then buy the cheap polluting electricity.
The requirements for sustainable / green energy production continues to increase so I can't see this being too risky. Even if the government removes all the funding the power plants are still required to provide a certain % of their total output as "green energy". One way or the other it's going to get paid, if not by the government then by the customer
Just knowing that for a 1 time payment of 10-20K (or 100/month lease) I'd likely have power during most blackouts the next 30 or so years would make it worth it, of course there is cheaper options as well (diesel generators, battery backups etc) but they do not give you tax deductions or generate an ongoing revenue