It was way more than $20k, but I didn’t do it for the cost savings. If I remember right, the panels are warranted for 20 years and are supposed to last at least

It was way more than $20k, but I didn’t do it for the cost savings. If I remember right, the panels are warranted for 20 years and are supposed to last at least 25, and I think the batteries are guaranteed for 10 years. The batteries are so expensive that they pretty much throw cost savings out the window, but it’s very nice having the added resilience to power outages, as well as knowing we can run the A/C and charge the car (especially at night) without causing our local utility to burn more coal. I’m not under any delusions that my solar panels are going to save the world, but at the same time I think it’s important that we all do what we can while we expend our efforts in other ways too (voting, petitioning local governments and utilities to allow and incentivize more solar, etc.) that will have a much bigger effect if successful. I also like setting an example for the people around me. Since adding solar, we’ve had several neighbors and family members ask about it, and two so far have added solar themselves. I of course don’t know, but I like to think I may have at least nudged them in the right direction when they decided to add solar to their own houses.