Solar rooftops gain traction as electric vehicles owners look to skip paying for electricity or gasoline: ‘Solar just makes sense’::Residential solar is gaining traction in the U.S., with about 4.5 million homes now with solar rooftops.

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    This. I haven’t pulled the trigger on solar because I don’t know which company to trust and I am not confident any of them will be around to repair or upgrade the equipment in a few years.

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      I’ve been putting off even requesting quotes for years, but this thread got me thinking about it again. I ended up finding a site called energysage.com that seemed trustworthy enough. They anonymize RFQs for solar installs and send them to contractors that they’ve vetted. I entered my info last night and got two quotes back today. Turns out rooftop solar probably isn’t a good choice for my house. Payback would take 12.5 years, half of the equipment warranty. That’s if I pay for it all upfront, much longer if I get a loan. The problem seems to be that there are two big maples in front of my neighbor’s house that are shading a lot of the South facing part of my roof. Oh well!