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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-27 14:31:29 +0000, Scott Lurndal said:   
   > Bobbie Sellers  writes:   
   >> On 10/26/25 19:35, Your Name wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-10-27 00:52:44 +0000, Titus G said:   
   >>>> On 27/10/25 11:15, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >> snip   
   >>   
   >>> Solar panels are somewhat of a con trick - they're massively expensive   
   >>> to install, provide very little power unless you live in a very sunny   
   >>> place, need constant cleaning to remain efficient as possible, and   
   >>> eventually wear out and then need expensive replacement. There's an even   
   >>> bigger con trick where buyers are told the electricity company will buy   
   >>> the 'spare' power generated by their solar panels - but most power   
   >>> companies either pay very little for that extra power or aren't   
   >>> interested at all in buying it.   
   >>   
   >> 	Well that is when the state steps in to force the monopolistic electrical   
   >   
   > Pretty much everything 'Your Name' wrote is just plain wrong.   
   >   
   >   - Massively expensive to install.   Incorrect.   My 7.5kw panels have   
   >     paid for themselves in less than five years, and now _make_ money,   
   >     and will continue to do so for the next two decades.   
   >   
   >   - Provide very little power.    While there are some geographical   
   >     areas with better insolation, solar panels even generate power on   
   >     cloudy days, albeit less than on a sunny day.   
   >   
   >   - Constant cleaning.   Depends on climate, rain will wash most of   
   >     the dust off.   I clean mine once a year during the dry season.   
   >   
   >   - I get wholesale rates for offsetting generation, and near-wholesale   
   >     for excess generation (yes, the power companies are greedy, and for   
   >     new connections, the excess generation isn't compensated as well as   
   >     mine).   
      
   It wasn't "wrong", although it does depend on where you are. Some   
   places are better than others for any one or more of those problems,b   
   ut they are real problems with solar panels.   
      
   I did forget one problem ... solar panels look damn ugly. This creates   
   another problem, since some people don't want to see the panels on   
   their house from the road or from certain rooms, they put the panels in   
   less than ideal locations, which of course again means less power   
   generated.   
      
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