[Kozak]

“Why are they limiting solar power, when the sun is unlimited?”

Because money isn't....

[vetvetdoug]

Going green means a scam...

[qwertypie]

At this point in time, only the greedy or the dense are for solar electricity en masse.

[SpaceBar]

Whilst I generally agree with the articles conclusions about the unfavorable economics of solar energy at present, the NYT writer seems to be perpetually mired in a myopic world where government “policy”, subsidies, and incentives are the make-or-break variables, not good old fashioned profits and the economics of competition. I guess it's hard to change course when you've been the leading cheer leading paper for socialism in the free world for over seventy years.

[1010RD]

the city set out to replace its failing coal economy

Failing per government mandate. First they starve the people out then they subsidize them.

That people cannot see the relationship is a testament to the effectiveness of government schooling.

[4Speed]

ping

[n230099]

To the extent that these technologies can be used in rural pockets to either supplement or defer the extension of costly cross country transmission facilities they certainly have reached an efficiency level to play a part.

But those that expect to stick up windmills, lay out some panels without regard, as Spain apparently did, to technology quality and efficiency, and eschew the 'grid', will be, some time to come, disappointed.

[RayChuang88]

Sacramento, CA is actually a good place for solar power for one reason: enough cloudless days in summer to make solar panels reasonably viable (I see a lot of houses in nearby Davis, CA with solar panels on the roof). This isn’t like the Bay Area, where the low clouds and rolling fog in the summer can cut the efficiency of solar panels quite a bit.

[Travis McGee]

You mean....the govt can’t just “create” green jobs by law?

[thinking]

when the sun is unlimited?”.....

In my corner of the world, the sun sets, for example, disappears for 12 hours a day.....the sun is not unlimited!!!