When you consider that solar panels will not produce enough electricity in their service life to cover their cost should we subsidize them anyway? that much of the cost of a solar panel is the energy to manufacture, install, transport and maintain them. Shouldn't the market determine whether they are worth installing?Is subsidizing them taking money away from research that could be spent on more viable alternatives?Should we be taxed to pay for others solar panels when they don't work?
I know for my friends that live out in the country in an off-the-grid house, it would cost a lot more to run power lines and buy into the coal-powered electrical grid than it does for them to own a few panels and batteries and use the passive solar design of their house. They also have a propane-powered stove and refrigerator and use a wood stove for heat when it gets below 0 degrees.
so, you think of that the perfect concept is to easily save specializing in oil and to not attempt to compete? each CON i've got talked to on right here is going on and on approximately how green power is a foul concept? yet, right this is China, with a centred purpose and fairly making it happen... ask your self how far we'd be interior the U. S. without the cons scuffling with us each step of how... how's that buggy whip enterprise going cons? that's what we recommend as quickly as we are saying owing to Republicans do you think of green power won't happen? China's already doing it... we are able to the two capture up, or supply up... and supply up has a huge unempmloyment value related to it...
Recent investments into solar panels have brought about a couple of interesting realizations and developments. One, as you state, is that traditional solar panels (silicon crystalline panels) are not currently cost effective, even will full-scale manufacturing production. It's possible that improved manufacturing techniques will bring the retail price down somewhat, but it needs to be brought down a lot to make economic sense without incentives. The other, though, is that a new method of producing solar panels - thin film technologies - has been developed. These are currently quite expensive, but because there are no crystals to grow, they are expected to drop significantly in price as production increases. I believe that this technological development has been made as a direct result of government support for solar energy. It is not taking money away from research - rather it is providing the incentive for research. I could be wrong. I've been wrong before. But I think that these new solar technologies, which are already hitting the market, will dramatically change the economics of solar energy.
Yes, okorder /... Bottom line is that government subsidies encourage people to buy solar panels, and make it possible for many who could otherwise not afford it. The more solar panels are purchased, the more the price will go down, and the more quickly the technology will be able to advance.
