China’s advancement in solar-technology production has reduced prices to a point that

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Chuck chuck using classic left wing defect tactics. Unless I missed it you have been asked many many times if you have shut off your pipes going into your house and run exclusively off the grid? If your farming and in Saskatchewan then guaranteed you haven't.
I am building a house now and have looked into it. Minimum cost for a system that would come close to self sufficiently ( but not, so you need to be hooked up and pay the transmission and distribution costs for both elec and gas. For most in Alberta that is 75% of your bill) is $160000 . So putting anything back into the grid is useless when you only account for 25-30% of what your bill is being reversed. The system is also quite maintenance and replacement heavy.

If anyone thinks that $160k isn't right. $90k for geothermal. 2 options. 6-8 holes 300ft deep or at least 1 acre besides your septic field to run lateral lines 10-12ft deep.Need heater exchangers and boiler type systems with in floor heat throughout the house
Solar is $70k with batteries ( never hear enviros talking about the environmental footprint of batteries. Chuck any cut and pastes on that?). Need rotating solar panels and large roof or ground areas. High maintenance costs goin forward
So in other words anyone looking to do this off the grid stuff can't live in cities or towns. So 90% of the population. Never mind 95% can't afford it
Also electrical generating needs to be build for peak demand even if that last only for 30 mins a day.
How about businesses and factories chuck? Can they use solar or geothermal? Talk about sticking your head in the sand!

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