Tim,
re: If the tax benefits are not balanced by higher taxes somewhere else then your getting a tax cut which is good in some ways but it would increase the deficit.
Well as a Republican, you should be an expert on raising the deficit. This administration is the worst ever.
re: Even with the tax benefits many won't sink the money into solar power. If 2% of the people reduce their household use of (non-solar) energy by 30-40% that would only be .6 to .8% of household energy use, and since your ignoring industrial and transportation and other uses the final energy reduction would probably be less then .1%. Even that .1% would largely be a reduction in electricity use and much of our electricity is produced by domestic coal, or nuclear, and some is produced by wind or hydro power or other domestic sources.
Where are you getting these numbers? Off the top of your head?
The bottom line is this discussion of becoming energy independent, is that we have to DO SOMETHING. Solar works today. It may have a 17 payback on a 25 year investment, but it produces results, NOW.
What, exactly, is your alternative. I'm open to any suggestions, and promise I won't reject your idea because you are a Republican. We are all in this together, and frankly, it may be the most important issue that we face. And in a normal administration, it would be a non-partisan issue.
So tell me your solution.
John |
