| What I think the GP is blowing completely out of proportion is: > they get destroyed by weather A few of them, every year. It makes a visible dent on their average longevity. But I don't think distributing them has any impact on this. They just create a risk situation that nobody seems to be insuring and that large farms will self insure without problems. (Anyway, with the price going down the way it is, that will soon become irrelevant.) > get dirty Each person stopping to clean their own panels is much less efficient than professional cleaning centralized panels. It does increase your electricity costs. > require significant maintenance Home maintenance is an entire other level of inefficiency. That extends to any kind of equipment in your home. But again, none of those is a big deal. Solar is mostly operation-free, so distribution mostly doesn't matter. |