Yep. Whether or not FReepers agree, solar is growing fast and it works. Those panels are going to be built somewhere, why be stupid and let it all default to other countries. The states with the most business-friendly climate will be the greatest beneficiaries of “Made in America” and reshoring.
For those who don’t like solar: don’t put it on your house.
Simple.
It’s when you are forced to that it becomes a problem.
Our solar installation works quite well for us.
We did initially limit the size to 10kW so we could participate in net metering. But the Ga Power lobbyists got that changed to monthly net metering and it’s now kinda useless, so ... probably gonna expand to about 42-44 kW. And add a second 10 kWh battery. That’ll make us essentially fully self-providing (except for the cloudiest winter days).
It “works” because of massive government subsidy.
You can’t power modern civilization with wind and solar.
To be fair to other FReepers, I 100% agree with them on hating the Dims trying to force solar onto people. It should be a free market thing. And as far as whether or not solar works for someone, it depends upon many variables and my not be worth it for a lot of people.
But if you're in a situation that's good for solar, solar can go a long way to making your family less dependent on the various energy sources that the Dims overregulate and make too costly. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of small-government conservatives get solar in the near future for the reasons I did, especially ones who live in the south (read: get lots of sunshine, even more during the part of the year we use a lot of power to run our A/C).
Very expensive for any degree of storage, and a solar system without electricity storage is not a viable idea.
The batteries are the bottleneck for solar power. They are greatly more expensive than the panels.