Thank you for that detailed answer. It does look like a very good investment on your part
The catch is to see how well any or all of these various steps relate to your particular energy consumption habits. Another catch is to turn off the political feelings about alternative energy. Us conservatives are right to support nothing but hydrocarbons (and my hydro power) for the grid and for transportation. But any time you can put the word "decentralized" in front of something, as in "decentralized solar" it's worth at least looking into to see if it can reduce your dependency on things that are overregulated by govt (like energy availability and pricing). It's a sweet feeling when only about 25% of all the energy you consume has to be bought. Especially in the political climate with the warmageddon cult Dims sometimes being in power, and also talking more and more against Christians. I wouldn't be surprised if soon they have a mild version of the mark of the beast with energy availability (sky high energy prices unless you bow to the hedonist Dims).