Honestly, this felt more like an ad than a reputable book. I hoped for more information and less sales.

Solar Panels: Are Solar Panels Worth It? by Jon Nelsen. Easy to read, informative overview of the benefits of solar panels to generate electricity. Informative as to the steps/tasks involved to add solar panels to your home.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

I did not find this book to be useful, and it does not deliver on the promises that are in the book description. For most people, installing solar panels is going to be primarily an economic and scientific endeavor. There are very few actual concrete details in the text that would answer the questions someone would have, and I learned a lot more in a one hour discussion with a local sales rep than I did reading this. It is very wordy without actually getting into details and often telling the reader that they need to do their own research, which is why I was reading the book in the first place.

Importantly, the text confuses kilowatts with kilowatt-hours, which is a major error that should have been fixed before publication. It encourages you to buy over-capacity which many electric companies will not even allow you do do. I was also very offended by the statement that you should buy solar because then "no more dirty looks from your wife because she wants to crank up more heat in the winter". Barf.

In reading this, I felt like a customer at a used car dealership. The text may have been primarily pulled from several overlapping blog posts. In fact, at one point the text reads, "the goal of this video is...". Anyone who says "send me your solar quote and I will beat it or send you a gift card", and has a website "solarturnsmeon.com", does not come off as very trustworthy.

Skip this book, do some googling, and then have some chats with local solar reps to find out if solar is right for you.