the top five reasons people don't go solar

The most common reason people pass on solar is that they worry they might move.  There is a belief that going solar only makes sense in your "forever-home" but that's not accurate.  Although it's true that the longer you stay in your solar powered home, the more you'll save, a short-term solar home still can make sense.  Let's say you install solar on your home and move in as soon as a year, you'd be saving money on energy for that year and when you go to sell your home, you'll be able to sell if for as much as ten percent more.  Watch this detailed video on selling a home with solar.   Going solar isn't just a long-term game.  

Let's face it, nobody wants to go into debt and the most popular way to go solar is to finance the system over a twenty to twenty-five year period, and this can feel like a monumental commitment.  As understandable as this concern is, not all debt is bad.  Solar debt, when done right, puts money into your pocket each month.  You're financing an asset that makes you money so you're actually increasing your net worth as opposed to reducing it.  Do you think you'll be cancelling your power bill anytime soon?  Well, if you don't think you'll cancel that power account, why not switch it with one that you can control?

There is no doubt that the price for a home power plant can spark sticker shock.  If you don't understand solar, it's easy to make the mistake of comparing the gross price of solar to your monthly power bill.  The miss with this mindset is that you're not comparing apples to apples when you compare your monthly energy bill to the gross cost of solar. What would NV Energy (Edison, PG&E, SDG&E, etc.) quote you at if you asked for your twenty-year energy cost?  They wouldn't give you those numbers and if they did, you'd run for the hills. 

Often the initial solar ownership payment versus the current energy bill is minimal.  Maybe it's only ten dollars of savings and when that's the case, many don't see the need to invest into solar if it's only going to save them ten bucks a month.  This mindset would be missing two major points.  The first point is that the solar ownership payment won't increase while the utility monthly would.  So that initial ten bucks would only increase over time.  The next miss, and the bigger miss, is that when you pay a solar ownership payment, you're paying yourself and gaining equity.  What about that utility payment?  Does your power provider give you equity and endgame?  Wouldn't you pay more to mortgage a home than you would to rent it?  

Whether they 've done internet research, know someone who's had a bad experience, or just flat out resist change.  People often don't trust the new and shiny technology.   There is a myriad of trust issues when it comes to solar, and the sad part is that an onslaught of shady solar sales reps and solar installers have made this bed.  Self-inflicted wounds within the industry have given people the right to be apprehensive about solar.  The good news is that the industry is flushing out the bad eggs as we speak.  The professional and the committed have stayed to offer solar the right way, while the amateurs and vultures are fleeing since they can no longer manipulate people for a fat commission pay.