My Thoughts on Personal Solar Energy

So my mom was just watching Jon and Kate Plus 8 on TLC and it was a going green episode. One of the things they were doing were getting personal home solar panels. Within the last week or two we have considered different methods of alternative energy including solar. I know that solar panels are available to be used by individual households but I wanted to do some investigating into the price of solar panels.

So as it turned out it wasn't that easy to find any specific prices. I did come across some information that is interesting. Looking at an online retailer (alabamasolar.com), solar panels start at around 15,000 dollars. A significant investment for anyone. To soften the hit federal tax credits up to 30% are available along with state incentives such as Focus on Energy which is a cash back incentive that pays based on how much energy is being produced by the system. However considering that the average salary of the US population is around 40,000 dollars, this is still nothing accessible by the majority of the population.