You may know me as the author of dark satire based on true stuff. If you haven’t read my book yet, please get it and do so immediately. Amid the mayhem in the novel, one  good and true thing I introduced is the concept of a full- solar home, with solar power for the house and two or more EVs (electric vehicles). The environmental benefits are impressive, but the financial benefits to you and your family, as well as the economy, are almost inconceivable.  Here is my first True Stuff post.

The Economics of a Full Solar Home

(Check out my cool calculator below)

What if I told you you could pay just $30K more for a home (about $150 more per month for the mortgage) that would save you $500 or more per month starting immediately? That by appplying part of the savings to the mortgage you could eliminate 10 years of payments and a ton of interest? That over time your cash savings would add up to hundreds of thousands of dolllars?  You probably wouldn’t believe me. But this is how our younger generation really can do much better than their parents. So I made an interactive calculator that will prove it to you, and embedded it in this website. The limits of rooftop solar are the rooftop, not the solar. Using a “flat roof” design allows space for plenty of solar. An average home and two EVs each driven 15K miles per year in Florida, for example, requires only about 900 square feet of solar panels (much less than the “flat roof” area). A complete system can be installed as part of new construction for about $30K. Not to mention that this home could save your life, by automatically switching to independent mode with your EV battery as backup whenever the grid fails. Texas, are you listening?