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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (373364)3/10/2008 10:55:00 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1575169
 
What are you talking about - home solar or big public array?


I'm talking about both... but here in Florida I have a strong interest in home solar.

Oil implies oil companies the rest are called electrical generation and they receive far fewer subsidies than oil - not even the same business or "playing field".

Both oil and electric generation by other means are heavily subsidized. Here in FL they are in the pre-planning stage for 2 new nuke plants. The legislature has already passed a measure that if they get to the 'planning stage', then they can raise electrical rates 'in anticipation' of building the plants, even if they are never built. That's a pretty huge subsidy... and we won't even talk about mining coal on public lands.

You do know many electric utilities are government owned - so subsidies are redundant in those cases.

Maybe redundant but no less effective. Maybe the government should buy the solar companies to make it a level playing field? Is that your position?
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