I think you are going to be the first person I block because you don't seem very nice and clearly you are not actually leaving.
I've said stuff like IRL before I'm sure. I didn't mean to sound judgemental but doing it constantly all the time would irritate me TBH IMO FFS.
The terms originated from online censorship but to me using these terms IRL is very similar to people who say LOL outloud or use internet slang on an exam paper.
What OP is talking about is worse though because it is actually changing languange. It's the same as people saying LOL IRL.
He'd probably be less lonely if he had more thought and empathy for others around him. Imagine how scared people would be around it. He doesn't care about that though, only himself.
"meanwhile, the amount of energy guaranteed each year lessened as the panels aged. "
So it is pretty much this except the companies whilst leasing were not maintaining nor do you get to trade in.