“Now exactly why do you think he pays so little? Is it because of the astounding economics of free-market solar?”
Good point. I didn’t think of that.
Solar simply does not work economically in the absence of huge government subsidies.
In a previous career, I spent a lot of time working with a customer that made fairly innovative solar cells. Most of their sales were in Europe, particularly Spain and Germany.
When both of those nations cancelled their subsidies, this company bankrupted soon after.
If you can get real honest numbers, alternative energy, especially on a large scale fails every time.
Solar to power a small set of lights, or a pool heater or some such works fine. Solar to power a plant or a city, not so much. This company didn’t even have solar on their own plants. I wonder why?
Good point. I didn’t think of that.
Because the company that put his solar panels up over-valued the project and then sold the tax credits generated to some company, who can now claim to be ‘green”.
We are all paying for those panels....:^)