The government needs to stay out of nascient technologies like solar and let grass roots interest do it’s magic. If people are stoked about solar, they will find much better ways to implement it than government ever could. It’s frustrating how the administration (and liberally like-minded folks) are trying to hijack this as their own idea before it’s been vetted. Did you guys hear about Apple opening up a solar plant in AZ? http://www.saveonpower.net/
Thanks, I hadn’t heard about the Apple plant. Having lived a third of my life under our lovely regional overcast, I’ve generally had a different opinion than the cheerleaders of the photovoltaic grid. Wind power, that’s a different story. But the US simply can’t power itself with windmills, with or without photovoltaic arrays.
Besides their efficiency fade during their early months of constant use, they don’t work at their operating peak most of the day, and don’t work at all at night. Also, they put out DC, and there are good solid reasons why AC prevailed in the market over DC.
Of course, the Gore approach would be to force AC to pay for more DC, IOW, force consumers to pay for something that is inherently more expensive. That’s one of the many reasons Gore belongs at the end of a rope.