Even in todays world, going solar, including multiple government rebates has a 20 year ROI.
All right. So, several engineering consults later, it turns out that even with the propitious orientation of our house’s roof and many (yes!) government rebates, going full solar will cost us not $10K but more like $40K. So we’re slated to “recoup” not in 10 years, but more like 20. What with the roofing, the tree-topping and the new power plate, going solar has much of the inconvenience of remodeling but with no shining new kitchen island at the end of it all. So, we are remaining in our small 1927 bungalow and planning to spend a ton of money to consume even less electricity so that we can move toward an ever tinier eco-footprint — made by a kind of worn, stinky, unfashionable Earth shoe. Meanwhile, no one will cede the higher moral eco-ground to us, ever. Sniped a scientist friend of mine: “Instead of solar, why don’t you spend the money on something less self-aggrandizing — like offering $50 to anyone with an old refrigerator?”
Hat-tip to Newmarks Door.
