RE: Penalising Solar- You Cannot Steal From The Sun

That's a pretty terrible situation. I think the UK is very different with much less theft and corruption. Changing those is not easy even if the politicians try to do the right thing and you can't always rely on that.

Being off grid is the ideal, but it can be too expensive for many.

Just found this graph that shows huge growth in small (under 10kW) installations here, so people are investing in it.