It's still pretty good. Look for homes in the Southwest to look at this first, since they get the most usable sunlight per year. Californians in particular could benefit from this since they have very high electric costs
Now we will see what the environmentalists have to say. Who wants to bet that they won't sue to ban solar panels from homes on some pretext, as soon as solar power becomes economically viable and significant numbers of people start installing panels?
The ecofreaks have been sending threats to certain research groups for dabbling in nanotech. They really are neo-luddites. Their ideology frames the environment as a tertiary priority (they are primarily anti-corporate, anti-capitalist, anti-wealth, anti-disparity, anti-human, anti-growth, and pro-human-extinction).
The FIRST thing you would have to do is prohibit the Home Owner Associations from prohibiting solar pannels.
After all, only poor people can’t afford to buy electricity from the power company. (thats sarcasm)
How about the myth of “solar pannel blight drives the property values down.” (was used with the old satelite dish laws push by cable companies)
They will tax individuals who try to be less dependent on them. In this case, they will ramp up the regulations related to the installation process. Electricians will have to go through special training and be state certified.
Special planes will fly over with cameras looking for homes with solar installations. This regulation process will cost the taxpayers. Those without permits will be red tagged. Those red tagged will have to pay huge fines or have the solar panels removed. On a similar note, wait until the entire country is using these mercury laden fluorescent bulbs. I can imagine inspectors going though everyone's home sniffing for mercury continuation.