I figured that you would show up, here. ;-)
Your post is, of course, spot-on. I also figure that less than 1% of solar users are as savvy as you. The vast majority are just easy pickings for the solar con-man.
For people in-the-know, the government-run solar con-game is at least enabling systems to be purchased and somewhat subsidized by the racket.
My solar is really for long-term emergency with only a minor reduction in monthly power cost - at least, for now.
We might be talking about a somewhat spiritual issue that's beyond solar vs fossil fuels. There's something to be said for an attitude Americans used to have of depending on God, family, close friends, and yourself --- but not government. Now we have too many people getting their "truth" from the political class without question (see tagline).
It may be that we should spend less time getting into the weeds of arguing fossil fuels vs "green" energy, trans vs leave our kids alone, and spend at least part of our time playing the long game and trying to win the larger spiritual battle of Truth coming only from God and the Bible.