Question by Peace Sustainability: Why would anyone say Solar PV isn’t cost effective when in CA you can lease for the current cost of your bill?
Are people seriously misinformed about Solar PV and small residential wind turbines? Have you ever gotten any estimates? In 21 States the power company buys your power, and supplies you power at night. As your bill goes up you save. How is that not cost effective. Why do people cling to misinformation and refuse to accept renewable energy and toss off the yolk of Oil, step by step?
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Answer by ellisdee
California is going BANKRUPT…
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smsmith500 says:
January 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm (UTC 0)
That’s in calif, try it in Western Washington.
Open eyes to Joker’s Lies says:
January 19, 2013 at 4:52 pm (UTC 0)
The overall ROI is a negative
Nuts for Liberty says:
January 19, 2013 at 4:55 pm (UTC 0)
Because oil is a monopoly.
Oil influences the government.
And the government pretty much destroyed the Media, in the Clinton years and ever since the media has been the government propaganda ministry.
The private sector has many times before, come up with alternate energy sources and ideas but every single time the government forces them through regulations and hurdles which ultimately makes it impossible for them to profit so they just give up on alternate ideas.
These are compliments of the Department of Energy which answers entirely to oil corporations.
Peanut Butter says:
January 19, 2013 at 4:55 pm (UTC 0)
Solar is an excellent option in California. But California gets a great deal of sun.
In Pacific Northwest, though, it will take many, many years for a homeowner to recover the cost of solar panels in energy savings. And likewise, in the most populous areas of the country, it isn’t windy enough for people to recover the cost of wind turbines in a reasonable amount of time. And really, by the time people recover the cost, the equipment will need to be replaced.
I think that large-scale renewable energy is the solution, not small-scale. Building large solar plants in the southwest to convert water into hydrogen could fuel all of our cars. Building wind turbines off-shore could fuel all our homes. But power companies are going to be needed to do those things.