GrapeRello t1_iylxum9 wrote
Reply to comment by Distinct-Ad5751 in This. Is.Bad. Just got my gas & electric bills. 180 for electric ( normally less than 80$ ) gas is 280$ and we barely used the heat. its not even cold yet..... am i the only one ??? by kittyluxe
Cutting trees and getting solar is expensive. People having a hard time with monthly bills don’t have money for solar or major tree work lol. Not to mention half those people are probably renting.
degggendorf t1_iymcddx wrote
It's also a bit counterproductive too; those trees are shading your house and keeping it cooler in the summer. Cutting them down for solar, you're generating power, but then turning around to use that power to cool your house that's now baking in the sun.
You'll still come out ahead, but imo there are better ways. Community solar and grid solar make way more sense to me...rather than putting expensive small arrays high up on roofs and removing trees from neighborhoods, put a big field of them on already blighted land. Cap off a landfill, cover it with panels. No one wants to live on a landfill, and there was no nature there before either. It's a win-win.
Distinct-Ad5751 t1_iyly7ed wrote
True. It’s not an option for everyone but it was worth it for us. We have electric heat in a 2800 sq ft home - taking down 3 trees was worth it.
Distinct-Ad5751 t1_iymordh wrote
Why am I being downvoted? I’m on a half acre with loads of trees and we removed 3 overgrown oaks to allow for more sun.
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