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Electrician or solar panel installation or something like that.


I've been looking at switching to solar installation. The problem is whether or not that is a good move, long-term, is super regional (in the US, and I guess I'm assuming you're from the US). For the states that have incentives to pair with the federal incentives, business is booming. But for everywhere else, the return on your investment just isn't there, yet.

Also, installers seem to make little money, whereas sales staff make shitloads. So there's probably something to that if you really thought about it.

Source; We're having solar installed. Without federal and state incentives/tax breaks, the break-even point on the max system our rural cooperative will let us put up is around 30 years, with incentives, it's around 5.


I like it. Just can’t be afraid of heights.




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