--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/16/06 9:51 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What will work in terms of bringing the price down with solar is > > massive government investment for mass production. This is the way > > the oil-fed economy is kept going. Massive tax breaks and incentives > > for oil companies. Remember the story widely reported a few years > > ago that Exxon paid *zero* federal income taxes on billions worth of > > revenues? If the same thing were done for solar, we'd eliminate our > > dependence on foreign oil in I'm guessing 10-15 years- > > > I¹ve also heard that there are new technologies, one in particular developed > in S. Africa, that are way more efficient. There are also some cool new > small wind turbines for home use. Imagine the impact if these were installed > in virtually every building in America. > Exactly, and the cool thing about solar and wind is they often produce enough electricity to *feed* the grid, so the aggregate excess could be used by industry perhaps, or maybe for high rises.
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