In my view the reason for solar is to reduce or eliminate my own carbon footprint. If I'm not purchasing power made by coal and instead create my own made with sunshine, I'm doing my part both economically and environmentally to make the World a better place.
I can't be expected to do everyone else's part too. That's up to the individual.
Now don't get me wrong, if my power company had a program to purchase energy from renewables at a fair price I'd be all in to install acres and acres of panels for that purpose. But, they don't, instead they devise questionable ways to profit from your solar. The best I can hope for is a partial credit in which they pay me in KWH credits a lesser amount per KWH than they sell it back. Or they sell that excess power to other customers at an increased rate because it's "Green". Power companies have a funny way of taking the excess power you produce on the cheap and profiting from it themselves. The best policy is to use what you produce and keep them out of the equation completely. Or you can choose to bend over and get ready. I've only had dealings with 2 electric companies regarding solar energy production, both are complete crooks. I found thru a few searches I'm not alone in this opinion/experience.
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