Does Solar make sense?

[Plane]

  A lot of people buy a brick facade for their house , this is mostly for appearance sake .

    I wouldn't  feel forced to justify the expense of a solar collection system absolutly if it gave me a feeling of independance , I might settle for a little less than break even.

[Religious Dick]

The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle had stories this weekend that presented opposite views of the economics of residential solar power. While the NYT says solar power “makes no economic sense” for the average homeowner, the San Francisco Chronicle says “the economic benefits are impossible to ignore.”

Who is right? Maybe both papers…

Yeah, well, I think there's a trick of perspective at work here. Consider the weather in California, vs. the weather in New York.

Your solar panels are gonna be a lot more effective if they aren't covered with snow 6 months out of the year....