When you're growing anywhere near that kind of scale, EVERYTHING shoudl be as legit as possible. 35 grand for a solar system, do it. Fuck, spend an extra ten grand and fill an extra room with batteries so you never have to worry.
Lot of money yea.. but to quote the article:
"an estimated street value of
$10 million"
10 million fucking dollars! Shit sling ounces and pounds until you've got enough for a sprawling fucking underground bunker, solar powered and 200 miles from the next living human. THEN, go make your 10 million dollar crop, instead of setting up shop in the middle of San Fran Fucking Cisco, the most densely populated city in all of Northern California, and jacking the local Whataburger for more power in a day than they use all week...
Good riddance. No man alive can hold 10 million dollars worth of anything in his hands, and still claim dignity and righteousness exist in his heart..