• guyrocket@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    With rooftop solar I get to be the asshole that doesn’t care about the grid.

    And you too can be an asshole!

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      1 year ago

      The orientation of my house sucks and our neighborhood has many old growth trees. I wish I could be that asshole, but after running the numbers I don’t even break even over the expected lifespan of the panels. :(

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          Tiny lot + aforementioned old growth trees means that’s also not viable. :( My “best” option (which I have) is a nat gas backup generator for when the grid goes down. It’s expensive, and very much NOT a clean energy source, but it’s what I have to work with. I work 100% from home and need full-time power.

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        You are correct. I am on the grid instead of having a battery.

        But any minute I might just buy a battery!

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      I would love to get it, but I am getting hounded two or three times a weekend by door-to-door solar salespeople.

      It’s always the same shit routine they pull about saying they are just passing the word about some change the power company just did or something. They supposedly just want to give a “consultation” about what that means and they are not trying to sell me anything.

      If their blatant trespassing didn’t already piss me off, their bullshit faux consultation pitch absolutely does.

      The end result? I really don’t want anything to do with any solar company, at all. It’s a shame, TBH. I really don’t want to start shopping for solar in full defense mode like I am about to buy a used car. The sales people in that industry have absolutely fucked it for me.

      That reminds me. I have a three part Ring recording of one of those people going into mental meltdown saying that offering me a quote and consultation was not solicitation. It’s hysterical.

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        Solar panels? They keep getting cheaper. And great federal rebate on them now in the US. I think it’s 30%?

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          Yeah, but I mean aren’t they the price of a small used car? My bill averages $100 a month, except in winter when it doubles. That’s a looong time for it to pay itself off.