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Old 12-07-2018, 12:27 PM   #3970 (permalink)
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You've just shown why wind is not popular for residential and why solar is. CR picked the worst product and the worst installation method, so their results will be the worst.

Solar probably doesn't make sense for most people financially because you could be earning 7% investing the money you saved on not buying solar. Payback on solar when considering opportunity cost is probably closer to 50 years, if not infinite.
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