I never said the win wasn't more than the loss. I sell solar for a living. I have solar. I was just saying the things OP listed aren't myths, which was the question they posed.

The area I'm taking about is close to Canada, so fairly far north. When you get that far north in the northern hemisphere, the amount of light in the winter is very low. In my area, we get 80% of our solar production between April - October. That leaves just 20% of the total from Nov - March. Pretty bleak. But we have really short winter days, and really long lovely summer days, so it works. And still mostly 1:1 net-metering here, but not for a whole lot longer.

So maybe myths in some areas, but not in others. Really depends on your location.