I visited Jim Kunstler's blog this morning (July 11, 2022) where he gives a painful account of his solar power woes entitled "It's Not Working."
After talking with our HVAC guy several months ago about pros and cons, it was pretty much all con and no pro. We live in SW Idaho, so plenty of sun, but relatively cheap (for now) power. Why spend all of that money? He made the point that the system is expensive to install, you are NOT off the grid, after 10 - 20 years you need to replace your system, never mind repair what breaks in the meantime, and good luck having work done on your roof with all of that sitting there. His take was for this region, anyway, solar is for geeks and the fashion conscious.
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Date: 2022-07-12 12:17 am (UTC)I visited Jim Kunstler's blog this morning (July 11, 2022) where he gives a painful account of his solar power woes entitled "It's Not Working."
After talking with our HVAC guy several months ago about pros and cons, it was pretty much all con and no pro. We live in SW Idaho, so plenty of sun, but relatively cheap (for now) power. Why spend all of that money? He made the point that the system is expensive to install, you are NOT off the grid, after 10 - 20 years you need to replace your system, never mind repair what breaks in the meantime, and good luck having work done on your roof with all of that sitting there. His take was for this region, anyway, solar is for geeks and the fashion conscious.
FWIW...
Valerie