[RayChuang88]

California and the southwestern USA have some of the world’s best sunlight conditions for solar power. I’m seeing rooftop solar power panels going up everywhere in the Sacramento, CA area because of this.

[Mastador1]

Uh, huh that's not the point, the point is the lifetime vs. payback, I used to do work at a company that competed with UL and they made a great deal of their money testing solar panels and they told me they wouldn't buy them themselves because they would fail before they hit payoff. And as I pointed out in my post they destroy the landscape and wildlife in disproportion to their benefit, landscape which the citizens are prevented from enjoying, because they would harm it.

[ETCM]

"California and the southwestern USA has some of the world’s best sunlight conditions for solar power highest electricity costs in the USA. I’m seeing rooftop solar power panels going up everywhere in the Sacramento, CA area because of this."

My average electricity cost is .28/kwh, so the ROI is quick. If I was paying electricity rates like folks in Texas (where they also get plenty of sun), solar power would make zero financial sense.