Heard a guy at the coffee shop say solar panels are just a tax scam

I wanted to jump in so bad but just sipped my drink and fumed - my panels in Denver have cut my electric bill from $180 to $40 a month over 2 years. Anyone else run into people who dismiss renewable energy without knowing the numbers?

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zarapalmer5mo ago

Oh man, that's such a tired argument. My own setup in Phoenix dropped my summer bills way more than I expected. People just repeat what they hear without looking at real numbers or incentives.

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emmag405mo ago

Real numbers and incentives" hit the nail on the head. My neighbor in Tucson swore his solar panels paid for themselves in 4 years because he got some weird city rebate and a federal tax credit back in 2019. He said the paperwork was a nightmare though, spent three weekends on the phone with the power company sorting out net metering credits. Worth it in the end I guess, but he still jokes about the time they accidentally credited his account for negative 400 dollars.

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