Review: There's hardly any information in here
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2012
I don't know how this book is getting 5 star reviews. First, I read this in less than a half hour. Second, there is hardly any actual information in this book. It gives a very broad description on what solar power is, but there is absolutely no discussion on how it actually works to live off of solar. The book implies that you hook up some solar panels, an inverter, some batteries, and you're done.There is hardly any discussion on alternative power besides solar, and worse yet, the book does not offer any information on what it requires to install. Everything says to talk to your solar salesman to answer these questions. The prices of solar are completely random, and do not take into consideration your family size, or power needs.There is no information on the fact that you have to own your home to install solar, and outside of the conventional second mortgage loans, or high interest loans from the solar salesman, there's no real ideas on how to come up with that kind of money. This book also claims that the system can pay for itself in 5 years, which is complete bull, unless you hardly use any power now.This book is horrible! I wouldn't have paid a dollar for it let alone $3! I want my money back.