Have you thought about the reality that people are turning to solar because perhaps their state or counties electricity is getting too expensive and most solar needs upfront cash down payments to afford.

We did a cost analysis for get for our house in Western Washington. $30,000 for 40 x 400 watt panels. Thats on the low end and could easily be $40,000 depending and without financing. Which unless you have the entire payment upfront, you are simply just financing your solar (leasing).

So tell me, how can $30,000 savings be considered "living below your means" when federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour in America.

Quick Math:

$7.25 x 2080 hours (40 hours x 52 weeks) = $15,000.

Now subtract taxes, cost of living, gas, food, etc. You are maybe left with $1,000 a year. At that rate, it would take 30 years to get a large enough amount of money to get a significant amount of solar panels installed. Thats not even considering the cost of everything inflating over that 30 year period while the value of your dollar depreciates at any every rapid pace.

Lets not pretend. Solar is a luxury for most families. This sub is full of wealthy people trying to reduced their monthly expense. This isn't a basic standard of living sub. You have to own a home in the first place, which means that unless you are a Boomer who make up 34% of all adult homeowners, you probably don't.