I recently attended a 3 day course to earn the NAR Green designation. During those 3 days I learned a lot about energy efficient choices including solar panels. These along with the federal tax rebates can provide some interesting financial returns especially for winter visitors. The best part is that there are local companies engaged in the installation of these panels and utility companies are also offering rebates. Based on all you read both pro & con, this is going to be an area of very h...