OK Wylie, bit tough. I am not questioning whether or not you were offered a good deal. peace.
I am questioning whether or not what you did is environmentally sustainable long term and how you feel about "subsidy bludging", "middle class welfare", "dole bludging", "tax avoidance", "franked dividends" etc.
If you go to the trough, you have no moral right to question others who do so as well.
I believe if everybody used solar panels, we could shut down a few power stations, so, yes, I believe it is environmentally sustainable if only enough people went solar (or any other system that has the same end result).
I figure we've paid taxes to help out the people on welfare for 40 years, and if you see paying $12.5K to have solar installed as "going to the trough" then that is your right. I don't see it that way at all.
I see it as paying good money to be able to claim back small bits of money, if we use our power carefully. We MAY recoup what we spend over ten years, or we may not. Hardly going "to the trough".
I see that a little differently to getting the Baby Bonus or still being in public housing 15 years after needing it, or getting the Dole for someone capable of putting in a day's work... no?