FSogol
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Fri Sep-09-11 11:47 AM
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What if solar energy received the same subsides as fossil fuels |
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Fri Sep-09-11 11:48 AM
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1. I'm getting a $5,400 federal tax credit for my solar project this year |
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And I'd like to personally thank everyone who pays US federal taxes for chipping in to help me out.
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Fri Sep-09-11 11:50 AM
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2. I would love it if we did |
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Edited on Fri Sep-09-11 11:51 AM by supernova
I'd go solar in a heartbeat.
edit: Even with current subsidy levels the initial outlay for a system is still too steep, which is why I'm out of the market, alas. I need more than a tax credit. I need a way to perhaps lease to own at cost. Pay for it over say five or six years.
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Fri Sep-09-11 11:52 AM
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3. The main reason we don't have abundant solar energy now is that |
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they haven't figured a way to put a meter on the sun.
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mother earth
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:01 PM
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4. Absolutely, switch to solar! K & R |
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:33 PM
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5. A great point that should be brought up more often. |
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:36 PM
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6. What if lots of American voters and politicians didn't have shit for brains? |
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We'd also be on the metric system. A way easier system. And we'd have spent money on battery research. And infrastructure.
I don't have the time for typing. But in the 80's I had a material science professor who had spent a month or so roaming the US with the DOT, taking photos of the bridges that were deteriorating. The 80's!!!
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FSogol
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:44 PM
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8. In the early 1990's I inspected deteriorating bridges for VDOT |
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Not one was ever repaired/replaced.
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Gregorian
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:56 PM
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Problems of corrosion are systemic and very expensive.
I honestly think it's all about military spending now. That's a lot of voodoo money going down the drain. I say for the money, let them have us if they want us. Spend the money on productive things.
But you knew all of that.
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:42 PM
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7. What if Solar and fossil fuels split the subsides equally? nt |
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:46 PM
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9. Kicked and recommended. |
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Thanks for the thread, FSogol.
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:53 PM
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10. Let's hope common sense kicks in soon. |
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We live off the grid, so no subsidies, but just knowing that we aren't dependent on a decadent infrastructure is very refreshing.
If we kicked in to solar/wind half of what we pay to subsidize fossil fuels, this country would be back on top with a firm footing, instead of being on the brink of a very slippery slope into a new dark age.
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:07 PM
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:20 PM
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13. You get fraud-failure. FBI raids bankrupt solar venture Solyndra |
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Investigation comes just days after the Obama-backed solar panel maker files for bankrupcy - http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/09/technology/solyndra_fbi The company's factory was built with a $535 million loan backed by the Department of Energy
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Fri Sep-09-11 06:59 PM
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14. or as agro-business, the pharmaceutical industry, the |
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health insurance industry or the military?
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