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Originally Posted by onwebcam
I've looked into it plenty and I've seen all I need to see with Obama throwing billions at one green company after another and each and every one are bankrupt within years.
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My mom has had solar panels for water on her home since the 80's and she never recouped her initial $10,000 investment. In fact it cost about $1000 to have them removed a few years back to put a new roof on and I'd be willing to bet that $1000 was more than she ever saved.
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I'm sure this is true but then again :
- Using solar panels to generate electricity to heat a water tank is very inefficient.
- Solar panels were alot more expensive in the 80's than they are today
- Solar panels are still very expensive today.
It's not that Solar is the absolute answer. How you should think about this is that Solar Panels are just one piece of the alternative energy puzzle, and money needs to go into exploring and developing alternative energy solutions.
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Originally Posted by onwebcam
Grant it things have come a long way since then but the cost is still high and maintenance costs are high as well. I'm all for free and green energy solutions but I don't for one second believe the government taxing and spending our way into a greener future is the way to go.
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Ok, but wouldn't you agree then that tax money that is currently going to oil, who already earn billions a year in profit, should be diverted to green energy?
If we did this the cost of green would go down and the planet might begin a trend towards getting some of its health back.