Cost-effective solar power needed

I was in Phoenix, Arizona recently and I expected to see rooftop solar electricity panels everywhere. I was surprised by how few I actually saw.
When I asked a friend who lives there why this was, he told me that solar panels are very expensive to buy and set up, and it takes a long time to get your money back. They just aren’t cost-effective enough.
I’m sure someone will eventually find a way around the high cost of rooftop solar panels in sunny states like Arizona and California, but until then I can see why cost-effective hydroelectric, run of river and wind energy from B.C. is so appealing to them and potentially very lucrative for our province.

Trudy Gordon,
Burnaby, B.C.

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