The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[oldberkeley]

a homeowner can lease solar panels and the monthly payment is less than the avoided utility cost.

Interesting, I've never heard that.

I'm no expert either, but a few years ago an installer told me that for the average installation on the average home in the average climate () the cost recovery time was 15 years. Even then, you might not move into the "gravy" period because the panels themselves might be shot and you'd have to start all over again.