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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Is that for individual rooftop solar? Because if so I'm not a huge fan of that. Utility scale solar makes way more sense, so the efficiency of dollars spent is wasted by doing this for individuals.
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And why is it inefficient to do solar at an individual level? If every house had solar on it, generating the majority of its own needs during a day, then you have achieved utility scale through small scale implementation. The community I live in has solar on about 60% of the homes. I hear nothing but good things from my neighbors about their solar experience, and mine has been phenomenal. In the first year of ownership, my house generated 98% of our electrical energy needs. Since we have become a little more energy conscious we are actually over producing and getting a rebate. Not only was this good economic sense for us, it was also a really good move for us in shrinking our carbon foot print. I have no idea how anyone can say this type of investment is a bad one. Social change starts with small movements, and this is a movement gaining a ton of steam.