[toomuchtodo]

> Chris's main allegation seems to be that you have to have a hell of a lot of cash to even hope to make it worthwhile

Or cheap financing. Other examples of assets that are extremely useful that can be inexpensively financed would be housing or a car. Why would solar be different?

[lotsofmangos]

Here in the UK, you can get free solar panels installed in return for cheaper electricity bills, with most of the funding coming from pension companies.

[toomuchtodo]

Solar City is using the same model in the US:

https://solarbonds.solarcity.com/