A short survey could potentially save me thousands of dollars on my energy bill, and possibly earn a rebate check for $2,300. This is the information that I just heard in an ad about a new government stimulus program. The ad is promising free solar panels and free installation if my apartment qualifies for the program. The aim of this program is to make homes more environmentally friendly. I am on board with helping the environment, however the ad sounds like a sales pitch that is too wonderful to be true. Especially since the man in the ad was urging the listeners to hurry before the program expires. While installing solar panels sounds wonderful and I would appreciate saving money on my energy bill, I would like to find out more about solar panels before I make any kind of radical decisions. My problem is that the panels wouldn’t be powerful enough to run my HVAC unit, which is the one thing that requires the most energy in my home. Perhaps I could ask my HVAC worker to see what he thinks about the solar panels and about the government program. If there are people installing solar panels in their home, I assume that my HVAC worker has some comprehension of how the panels power the HVAC units. In the meantime, I will do my own research because I would hate to install something that I am not sure about because someone from an ad said that this was the next big thing.