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Originally Posted by mikesinner
Free solar power with some to spare for the neighbors is coming but many will try to slow the progress because they can't make as much money off it.
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Actually that's not true and not how it works anyway.
There is a ton of money to be made in Solar Power, but incentives for development were late in coming by the US Government thanks to oil lobbyists. For this reason, China got the upper hand and are now producing tons of Solar panels, cheap. The US could have been the leader here but again you were screwed over.
Regardless of how a home would get its own energy, the power wouldn't be given away to the neighbour next door. Instead, it would be sold back to the power grid, meaning the home owner would get credit for the power it gives back.
Things like wind and solar don't provide constant energy so its impractical not to be connected to the normal power grid. Storing the energy in batteries can work but can be expensive too. The cheapest and best way is to sell it back to the power company which is already happening in alot of places around the world.