NPR story on utilities fighting back against solar
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Are you talking about the question of whether solar systems produce more energy than is used in their manufacture?
I think the answer there is "yeah, they do, by a fair bit"; see https://web.archive.org/web/20130701...solar/Myth.pdf
Corn ethanol as fuel, on the other hand, does not seem to yield more energy than was used in its production; see e.g.
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Um... care to be more specific? And aren't the shysters also being aided and abetted by the telephone system, the internet, and the banking system?Comment
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Green mountain power pays $.20/kWh and charge approximately $.15/kWh. Credits build up in summer, are used in the winter for heating and if there's any excess at the end if the winter, they cut a check. Not a bad deal, but maybe not sustainable on a large scale.Comment
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Cool Thread,
Re Net Metering, not a fan, I hope your sitting down SK, but I dont consider the NET Metering schemes to be fair. Perhaps I should say I prefer the feed in tarif model or FiT like we have in SA. It started about 7 or 8 years ago and has been wound down as the Solar Industry got on its feet here. Now the fit is down to about 5 cents per kilowatt hour that is feed back into the grid, I think this system is the best way moving forward.Comment
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(Still waiting for one of my posts to be approved...)
I think they're going to keep net metering in name only here in the US,
but make it more like a FiT where you get compensated at some
lower rate. California is working on a "NEM successor tariff"; see
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Yes, just as bank robbers are aided by people who maintain the streets. That's a bogus analogy. How much more specific do you need than subsidies make it easier for solar rip off scumbags to survive and hurt everyone ?Comment
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Not necessary. From what I see in my neighborhood, one's about as useless/counterproductive as the next. Besides, they seem ubiquitous. Wait awhile. One will be by shortly, either on the phone or via flier. When they snag you, remember to tell them you heard about their existence from me. If you run into any ethical solar vendors, please give them my best.Comment
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