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network_dude t1_j1mbybx wrote

We all know that solar will meet a big part of home energy needs

$30-40k for a 15kw system with battery is outrageous price gouging

There is no reason a 15kw system can't be $1k/Kw installed - this is how you get market penetration and change your energy systems - lower the cost for adoption

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Farkasok t1_j1mt27m wrote

“Things should be cheaper because I said so”

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network_dude t1_j1mxta9 wrote

I'm setting expectations toward our overlords that think they can charge whatever the fuck they want while colluding with the few solar manufacturers to justify their outrageous profit margins

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Farkasok t1_j1myxwd wrote

There’s a lot of competition in the Solar industry. If there was egregious price gouging going on by a handful of companies, then one company would step in and beat out everyone just by having better prices.

Unfortunately it’s not so simple, there’s a lot of factors involved in Solar, it’s not just the install that costs money, you have to pay the salesmen, the setters, the customer support teams, the site surveyors, and the install crew.

I understand your frustration though, shits expensive rn and we’re all paying out the ass for everything.

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network_dude t1_j1qcxi7 wrote

If solar were priced correctly there would be wide adoption

especially with the rise in home energy pricing

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Farkasok t1_j1s49in wrote

We have a free market and if Solar truly is so cheap to make, why has a company not popped up and just undercut all of the competition?

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network_dude t1_j1vj383 wrote

Free Market? There's no such thing as Free Markets. it's been gone for 15-20 years. Any discussion of free markets is from a capitalist point of view that they own and control their market - That's what passes for free markets today.

Every vertical market has been bought and consolidated by corporations. The people that make up the boards of these corporations are on the boards of 200+ other corporations.

Which brings us to the next point:

Collusion

The most obvious example of this - Big Pharma

There is sooo much price gouging going on, every single multi-millionaire wants to be a billionaire. The only way for them to achieve this is exorbitant profiteering and suppression of wages

Anyone that makes moves to undercut the profits of a mega-corp gets bought out, as it is easier for them to buy out the competition than compete

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