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I live in the San Joaquin Valley. I have a central air that runs on electricity and costs an arm and a leg, a natural gas furnace that is pretty inexpensive, but isn't needed for more than three or four months of the year, and a wood burning fireplace that mostly serves for atmosphere, but can help when the power goes out in winter. 

So, every part of the country has different needs.  What is going to help in one place may not in another.

Even with that electricity hog but very essential air conditioner, solar panels don't make economic sense for me, at least not yet.