We lived in the midwest. I recall in the early 80's solar homes were being built along with "earth homes" (remember them?) We had some acquaintances that built a solar home. The wife told us later that it wasn't "producing" quite the way they'd planned. They hadn't realized how "gray" the skies were in winter. I'm not sure how many earth homes were built--but who'd want to live with soil surrounding 1/3 of their house?? But that's just me!
Our son bought into the solar panels thing about a year ago. We haven't spoken to him about if he's gaining anything from them or not. As others stated, the return probably wouldn't happen in our life-times. He's in his mid-50's so not sure how that factors in. I'll stick with fossel fuels. Someone here stated they didn't think they'd last except another 100 yrs. I disagree but that's a whole other conversation I think.
|