--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/16/06 10:01:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > 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- > > > > Solar is not efficient at this time. That is why nobody pushes it. You can > fill your roof with solar panels and run a few lights and appliances at the > same time but you can't run the higher electrical consuming appliances like air > conditioning on solar. It just doesn't generate enough electricity with the > technology available now. But if your electric bill only averages 30 dollars a > month and you don't have AC you could probably meet most of your needs with > a few solar panels. By the way I'm pretty sure there are tax incentives for > those that want to install solar panels on their homes in order to reduce > their electric bills. >
I'm sure we could boost solar efficiency if we as a country focused on it like we did putting a man on the moon. Regarding tax incentives for solar, there are, but it costs ~$18K for the initial installation, and at $30/month currently, that's going to take me 50 years to break even, at which time the system will probably need to be replaced... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
