--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/16/06 3:13:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) > , MDixon6569@, MDi > > > > > > In a message dated 8/16/06 10:01:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > > jflanegi@ 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... > > > > > > > > If everybody only used 30 dollars worth of electricity a month at current > rates, we wouldn't have any shortages. > That's probably true-- on the other hand if I didn't live in a low humidity, temperate climate, I'd be cranking the A/C just like everyone else!
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