Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Yucky Oil Strikes Again'

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:22:01 -0700

In a message dated 8/16/06 3:13:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED].. wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/16/06 10:01:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> 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...

If everybody only used 30 dollars worth of electricity a month at current rates, we wouldn't have any shortages. 
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