Large scale it's obviously not going to work, but small scale systems are getting pretty awesome because prices are plummeting and a lot of high quality panels are getting retired from industrial applications and still have a lot of life in them.

I trust my multimeter more than the H1B retards who work at the power company.

More unreliable than the power company? Doubtful. Between Enron-style malfeasance, planned blackouts, commie hackers attacking the power grid, power-line sabotage, old and shoddy infrastructure, etc., there just ain't nothing that unreliable. About friggin time to go off-grid! At the very least, have the damn sense to get rooftop solar panels for backup, and gas or fuel oil for heating/air conditioning. The signs have been clear for years...get a clue now, or sob later.

In terms of costs, it looks great. As they write in the article:

A June 2019 analysis from Scottish consulting firm Wood Mackenzie estimates the cost of transitioning the United States to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 would cost at least $4.5 trillion over that time period.

With a 25-year service life for photovoltaics, purchasing that much power from the grid would cost Americans about $16 trillion. I don't know about you, but spending $4.5 trillion or $16 trillion is a no-brainer.