my neighbor just spent big bucks on solar panels. When I pressed him for return on investment he wouldn’t tell me anything.................and That told me all I needed to know.
A friend that lives down the street from me just checked on solar for her house. She found out real quick that she can’t afford it. We live in the central valley California where our electric bills are over $600 a month in the summer. Even with that she can’t afford to buy them and once a lease was explained she was like wow.
Solar panels (for a home owner) make some sense as an emergency back up system for lighting and communications (AM/FM/Shortwave radio) maybe even a low power PC. Other then that they are a waste of money. Reliant Energy sells me power for under 10 cents a KW hour. Solar panels can’t touch that price but I do own a couple for emergencies.