As usual during a climate discussion, we always start talking about the wrong part of the issue and get stuck there for years.
Solar power is getting cheaper!
Yeah, but it’s still more expensive than traditional power!
You can get power without going through the utility company–distributed generation is great!
Yeah, but you free ride for the connection you need when the sun isn’t shining and poor people are paying for the maintenance on your wires and poles!
We’re going to have to turn to solar eventually–why not start now?
Because we can’t store it–we’re burning fuel to back you up while you’re burning daylight.
Sound familiar? Getting a little boring?
If you want a fairly recent evaluation of the costs, payback times and energy savings for a solar home, click here.
On a more general level, let’s talk honestly about solar power. It is almost certainly the power source…
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