yeah, the only real benefit for you is that their map doesn't suck. But the bad part is that they could still shut down or charge for the service at any time.
Do you include manufacturing environmental costs of their batteries and the environmental costs of the energy they consume that is produced by someone else?
I think that the privacy issue will get worst quicker under Trump, which is why I voted for him. I think that it is required, for it to get better, because people don't care enough yet.
At my house, it would take more then 20 years to use up $53,500 worth of electricity assuming that the panels would be able to generate all the electricity that I need (and it probably would not be able to because my roof is not in the perfect angle). I probably will have to stick to a conventional roof.