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[quote=Anonymous]We get some money back on our solar panels for the summer month.

If you’re nervous about the cost, just do the leasing option which is basically free—you pay the same amount as always and the electrical savings go to the solar company.

The only reason is takes so long to “break even” is that we externalize the costs of energy in this country — pushing the cost onto society at large through climate change.  One thing people don’t consider with the break even calculations is that energy costs will continue to increase and may well increase at a higher rate than inflation due to both shortages and policy changes—in which case you will “break even” sooner.

Sadly, so many people think of energy purely in terms of dollars and cents for themselves that we will really need to create policy and cost structures that incentivize people to change behavior.

The batteries are expensive and you don’t necessarily use them — but the Tesla batteries work as a generator so if you have power outages that comes in handy.  We didn’t get them because I’d heard that battery tech is likely to improve significantly in upcoming years.  The panel tech is less likely to change quickly at this point.

If you don’t want the Tesla battery, it may be worth considering other sources for the panels.  We got ours through a MoCo buying cooperative that negotiated a lower rate for us.[/quote]

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