Quite a lot of public money, Federal and State, is being offered, and used, to subsidize solar energy.
But solar energy remains quite expensive. One reason for subsidizing it is to promote hoped for technological breakthroughs. A second is to produce cleaner power to reduce GHG emissions as solar replaces dirtier sources, particularly coal. But this is a trivial dent in the problem. Whatever about the reasons, public money spent to promote solar is now going mostly to the affluent rather than lower income people. Why not put the solar on public buildings? Schools, office buildings, public housing (is any left?), etc. There are plenty of flat-roofed schools where the panels could go. Present policies, well-intentioned on environmental grounds, are flowing money to the least needy residences. Gene _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
