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The Men Who’re Stealing The Sun
Wolf Street ^ | 06/14/2015 | Don Quijones

Posted on 06/17/2015 4:00:26 PM PDT by aimhigh

Now the Spanish government is planning to tax homes that produce their own energy through solar power and store some of it using batteries. El País reports: <> A draft decree prepared by the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry establishes a new fee to discourage the use of batteries or other storage systems by people who produce electricity, with solar or photovoltaic panels for instance, and who are connected to the national power grid.

This latest royal decree follows on the heels of an earlier one announced in 2013 that levied a tax solely on those who generate their own electricity. Once passed into law, intrepid small-time energy producers will be forced to pay a backup toll for the power from their solar panels, in addition to the access toll paid by everyone who consumes electricity from the conventional grid.

What’s worse, in order to figure out who is producing what level of energy (and, of course, how much to tax it), all solar panels would have to be hooked up to the grid. Energy producers who don’t connect to the grid could face a fine of up to 30 million euros (yes, seven zeros!). As Forbes reports, the intention is clear: to scare taxpayers into connecting to the grid in order to be taxed:

(Excerpt) Read more at wolfstreet.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; solar; solarenergy; spain
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Coming soon if Hillary is elected.
1 posted on 06/17/2015 4:00:26 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

And my kids can’t understand why I’m so pessimistic about the future.


2 posted on 06/17/2015 4:03:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.s)
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To: aimhigh

Disconnect from the national power grid. Problem solved.


3 posted on 06/17/2015 4:03:48 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: aimhigh

Government dares not allow its citizens to be independent; dependency is key to power.


4 posted on 06/17/2015 4:04:41 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: MeganC

“Disconnect from the national power grid. Problem solved.”

Next year’s royal decree will probably address that: capital punishment.


5 posted on 06/17/2015 4:05:44 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: aimhigh

They can’t stand losing the $$$$$$$$$.


6 posted on 06/17/2015 4:07:00 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Bingo. That and money.


7 posted on 06/17/2015 4:07:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: aimhigh
The main reason to have a battery system is if you can't get on the grid. What will they do to those people?

This is so typical, just like the move toward taxing miles on your car instead of gallons of fuel. They have been pushing higher mileage standards for decades, but it turns out fighting pollution takes a back seat to those tax dollars.

8 posted on 06/17/2015 4:08:01 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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Disconnect from the national power grid. Problem solved.

Not really. From the article:

Energy producers who don’t connect to the grid could face a fine of up to 30 million euros (yes, seven zeros!)

9 posted on 06/17/2015 4:09:01 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: aimhigh

"Why didn't I think of that? Wait! I probably did!"


10 posted on 06/17/2015 4:10:47 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: Bob

Then it’s time for the people of Spain to rise up and kill their oppressors. And if they won’t rise up as free men then let them lie down as the slaves that they are.


11 posted on 06/17/2015 4:10:48 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: aimhigh

OK Folks,

Your Cel/Smart Phone runs on [eek! Evil] batteries. They store some of that ‘energy’.

And your CAR! It generates [from FOSSIL Fuel, even] and stores in batteries.

CR&%, People, (insert) “NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.”

Thus endeth the neutered rant.


12 posted on 06/17/2015 4:11:53 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: aimhigh

I believe the wicked witch stole the sun in THE DAY THE WORLD FROZE.


13 posted on 06/17/2015 4:12:43 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (God made man, Berthold Schwartz and Col Colt made them equal.)
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“Disconnect from the national power grid. Problem solved.”

There are several news stories you can find where some areas in the U.S. won’t allow that. If you disconnect from the public utilities, they can condemn your property... even if you generate your own power.


14 posted on 06/17/2015 4:15:29 PM PDT by Outland (Ping me when the revolution starts. Anything less won't fix this mess.)
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To: aimhigh

The government already thinks it owns the air, so why not the sun too....

Gawd...


15 posted on 06/17/2015 4:15:42 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Scrambler Bob

I’ve got a couple of panels laying in the back yard, not connected to anything.

RV owners beware.

How about those panels you plug into your cig lighter to keep your car battery charged?

And those ‘solar powered’ calculators, and yard lights, and cute little LED ‘dragon flies’ decorator lights?

GOT TO HOOK THEM ALL UP TO THE GRID [Where’s my Double Bold Font?]


16 posted on 06/17/2015 4:18:02 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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Energy producers who don’t connect to the grid could face a fine of up to 30 million euros (yes, seven zeros!)

"Problem" solved.

17 posted on 06/17/2015 4:18:45 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The new GOP slogan: "Vote for us!!! We're 0.000015% less evil than the Democrats!!!")
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To: GraceG

The government already thinks it owns the air, so why not the sun too....

Well, Dang.

They better tell that sun to cool off a bit - Global Warming, you know.


18 posted on 06/17/2015 4:19:57 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: aimhigh

Well, they’ll tax ya when you’re trying to be so good
They’ll tax ya just a-like they said they would
They’ll tax ya when you’re tryin’ to go home
Then they’ll tax ya when you’re there all alone

But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get taxed

Well, they’ll tax ya when you’re walkin’ ‘long the street
They’ll tax ya when you’re tryin’ to keep your seat
They’ll tax ya when you’re walkin’ on the floor
They’ll tax ya when you’re walkin’ to the door

But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get taxed

They’ll tax ya when you’re at the breakfast table
They’ll tax ya when you are young and able
They’ll tax ya when you’re tryin’ to make a buck
They’ll tax ya and then they’ll say, “Good luck”

Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get taxed

Well, they’ll tax you and say that it’s the end
Then they’ll tax you and then they’ll come back again
They’ll tax you when you’re riding in your car
They’ll tax you when you’re playing your guitar

Yes, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get taxed

Well, they’ll tax you when you walk all alone
They’ll tax you when you are walking home
They’ll tax you and then say you are brave
They’ll tax you when you are set down in your grave

But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get taxed

With apologies to Bob Dylan


19 posted on 06/17/2015 4:32:40 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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No we can’t be left to be relaxed —
Everybody must be taxed!


20 posted on 06/17/2015 4:41:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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