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All good points of discussion. Just remember that grid tie is kinda like electric cars - it's generally out of the grasp of the average working person. The folks who are not in any position to afford these luxuries may feel differently about it especially when they can't have what you have even with a huge subsidy. (Where exactly did that subsidy come from?) In the case of local property taxes increasing as a result leaves a bad feeling as well. A few posts back Frank Lee brushed on another facet: all the programs that have come and gone in regards to residential energy. This begs the question, is this just another one of them wearing a different veil? If you want to be carbon neutral as you say, how about going the extra mile and fight for getting the price per kwh your panels produce the same as the price per kwh you pay for. Or is grid electricity the super-unleaded of electrons and yours the dollar store version? I would add one more thing, If you need such a large system such as 5.1 kw to balance out a yearly energy use scenario, then the entire residential system its attached to is an energy hog - and I doubt there is really anything carbon neutral there when you get down to the inefficient nitty gritty of it.
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CrazyJerry
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