ken wrote: > I agree but not for the reason that I think solar cost will reduce. I > think oil is going way UP. Then solar will be cheaper in comparison. > Still won't be affordable for many. > > > > At that time, the utilities and others selling power to the utilities will probably be responsible for furnishing the cheaper electricity from solar panels. The reason that the average guy won't be able to afford solar, even though it will be cheaper over the long run, is the capital cost. Utilities are used to paying big bucks for energy sources that won't be amortized for a long time. Look at nukes. Some of those reactors haven't quite paid for themselves yet.
Because it is now legal for an entity to produce excess electricity and sell it back to the power company, reduced solar costs will cause more businesses to do just that. IMHO, when the oil goes way up and solar comes down a bunch, we'll see both high end homes in the right climates and utilities (directly and indirectly) using more solar. Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
