When do you think SILVER will go above $50 per once ?

Maybe. But the equipment for a homeowner to covert solar for your own use is either not available or too expensive for the moment. Vans don't need powerful HVAC or dryers either. Honestly I think the utility companies do not want customers to have availability ala carte without first selling it back to them first.

 

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It's up to the landowner, but it's a damned eyesore. Big time.

 

It all depends on the power company your dealing with ours is really friendly buying Bach excess energy produced, my rental has solar and its really paying for itself with
only one A/C unit which is the primary stealer of power no batteries which I am considering.

My son on the other hand has 3 A/C units and a pool, he has solar plus 2 huge batteries and a Tesla charging station for his S-Series plaid, so he's saving a huge amount of money every month

 

No more than a wind farm......

 

Green18, I do not want solar panels on my roof for several reasons. The solar companies want you to sign long term leases or outright buy their equipment. A lot of them are fly by night, what happens when they fold up shop and won't do maintenance or honor warranties? Also, roof lives are finite. Once you put that stuff up there, what happens when you need a new roof? You have to have someone remove that stuff and then reinstall it. Like I said, solar power for homes is not quite ready for major adoption.

 

That's even worse. I am no tree hugger but those things kill a lot of birds, and look at what happened in Texas when they all froze up and self destructed. Technology for some of these things just hasn't been perfected yet.

 

Totally with you Barney. The only way I'd do solar is if I owned it outright.

 

Maybe it happens before the end of September.

 

Likely it will be soon.

 

Thats why you go with a reputable company to start with so you dont have issues like you describe, mine is warranted out for 25 years

 

Roofer or solar panel company? The way the homeower's insurance companies are ripping people off by making them get new roofs after 15 years or else dropping their coverage is getting ridiculous.

 

My home insurance company did this very thing, they sent me a letter saying that they flew a drone over my house and noticed that my shingles were discolored.
I put a roof on 5 years ago and used multi colored 30 Year contractor grade shingles.
I called the insurance company that I've had for 30 years and asked for the pictures of my roof.
I also asked if they got a permit from the military to fly a drone over my house and in restricted airspace
The insurance company couldn't or wouldn't provide any pictures so I told them they were full of stuff, to put it lightly.
The insurance company wanted me to get a roof inspection from a licensed roofer and submit it along with receipts for the 5 year old roof OR they might cancel my policy.
Granted I have not EVER had a claim in the 30 years I have been paying the premium...so they figured I was due and WE all know insurance is a One Way Street and they will try anything to not pay a claim.
I switched insurance companies rather than get a roof inspection.
If anyone is wondering, the old company was NATIONWIDE and I will not only Never spend another dime with the company...I will tell everyone else to shop around.

 

30 years. Is that the standard for shingles? Ours is 25 years old asphalt shingles- Architectual type. We haven't gotten anything form our Ins. Co. yet, fingers crossed.
Nationwide is definitely not on your side. GO Liberty Mutual all. I've had them for over 40 years!! Never had a problem. So far....

 

I check my own roof and decided to put metal over one layer of shingles and I can't hear it raining outside. Do the solar panels have to be on top of same house or can you use a BUILDING NEXT DOOR?

 

I was confused by his statement as well. Replaced my roof with archectural grade asphalt shingles 10 years ago. Unless you get metal, at some point they all need replacing. With metal just get a contractor to check the screws every 15 years and should last a lifetime, but they are expensive. The rain falling on a metal roof is barely noticeable and is good for sleeping.

 

It's apparently completely practical to combine solar panels with pasture or certain crops; in fact, the partial shade is actually helpful in some applications. But, as always, it's cheaper and easier to just put up the panels and ignore the land beneath.

I'd love to see some incentives for better mixed-use solar/agriculture, but the only incentives we're likely to see in the near future are negative/punitive ones. Got to prop up those coal and oil companies.

 

Perfect for sheep habitat it turns out

 

No combination of pasture and solar panels. Just the panels fenced in and a large number of dead shrubs outside the fenced area.
We’re in Texas near Dallas today. I drove past a field of solar panels that was 1.7 miles long and about 10-12 feet high. It was also row after row going back a quarter mile or more. It was a sore sight to the eyes.

 

Was that tongue in cheek? lol