Yea it isn't cost effective yet. There is one company out there that will instal the solar power on your house, and then sell you the electricity back at a rate that is guaranteed lower than you power company's rates. The unfortunate thing is, if their setup doesn't suppy all of your power, you end up having 2 bills, and if you generate more than you need, they just sell it back to the power company. But if you want to get solar power and not have to pay for it out the nose here is the link http://renu.citizenre.com/
Well, it is also creating the Earth's magnetosphere, which shields us from deadly amounts of radiation from the sun. So it's not going completely to waste.
