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Originally Posted by freebeard
How can you assign a monetary value to independence?
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How can you put a price on safety?
you know precisely how to pull at my heartstrings, you devil 
We do it all the time, for absolutely everything. Financial independence is also a form of independence.
I'm not saying to take the choice away, but make it an actual choice between having, or not having the added expense.
There's marketing genius in the gimmick of non-optionally including the nearly pointless 300 watt panel, and I acknowledge this. Those in the Green Religion can then plausibly say "my car runs on CO2 free sunshine" to other devout believers who will be green with envy. That will generate interest for them to pay indulgences for their sins by purchasing their salvation while conspicuously advertising their piety. Brilliant!
There are some (those with no access to standard 120v outlets or obscenely high electricity costs) who could greatly benefit from the solar option. Make it an option, then.