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Originally Posted by fotze2
I replied to one of those solar places that claim you don’t pay anything to install. I’ve put lots on wellsite but it get vandalized or stolen 90% of the time and takes forever to payout. Is this gonna be a scam/moneypit? Very skeptical.
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Yes most of the places that say you are getting something for nothing are capturing all if not excess value from you. In General when a guy nocks on your door and says at no cost to you he is looking to extract something that will eventually have monetary value.
Solar generally has a very realistic ROI in the 5-12 years range in Alberta depending on a number of factors. For some projects that's not good enough, for others it is, it's more of a choice about how you want to allocate your capital recourses than a money pit.
As for the vandalism comment, I can't really say. The way some have a tendency to politicize and demonize specific technologies or changes is really sad, and it makes me sad to hear that they may have driven people to criminal behavior if they are specifically targeting small scale renewables infrastructure.