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Hi Robbie,
I agree with you. Solar works, but its too expensive. A company can't open up in the states and make solar panels and expect to sell enough to be profitable, yet. This is why subsidies are needed.
The promise of clean energy is there. It is possible but lots of R&D still needs to be done. Other countries know this and are heavily invested in green energy. Only the United states is falling behind.
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Solar prices have been dropping rapidly the last few years. Its getting very close to dropping below $1 a watt on the panel side.
In fact I installed a 300 watt system on my rv. The panels were about $350 bucks with shipping. It was the other stuff that drove the cost up.
Even still it was only about $1,3k total and that was with $400 worth of batteries as well as a high end solar converter.
I can power everything including a small DC refrigerator for 3 days with no sun. Well not the ac of course.