{"id":13720,"date":"2011-10-26T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13720"},"modified":"2011-10-26T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T16:00:25","slug":"the-cost-of-solar-continues-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-cost-of-solar-continues-to-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Solar Continues to Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n There are many who feel that while solar power<\/a> is a great idea, it just isn’t financially feasible. For many years, the cost of outfitting the average home with solar panels was prohibitive. Even with advances in alternative technologies, many still believe that outfitting their homes with a solar array is something that is beyond the budget of most families.<\/p>\n But with recent advancements in technology, as well as market changes in the cost of other forms of energy, the cost of going solar is getting much less expensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n Most folks who live in sprawling homes in the suburbs, with SUV’s, electric garage doors, and all sorts of other technologies that suck useless energy, are likely to roll their eyes if you told them that solar might soon be the cheapest form of electricity available. That might be a common response from even self-proclaimed “greenies”.<\/p>\n