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To: Road Walker who wrote (275980)	2/21/2006 10:21:42 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1578561

"I wonder if it doesn't today. If you take into account all the government subsidies for energy companies, the cost of energy to the trade deficit" You wouldn't have to go that far. Several technologies are at the chicken and egg stage. Because their volume is low, the price is high to recover NREs, but because the price is high, the volume is low...

To: Road Walker who wrote (275980)	2/22/2006 5:21:38 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578561

I'm sure the government COULD make rooftop photovoltaic affordable if the political will was there. As it is now, it's not affordable with individuals footing the bill. Even in CA, where they will foot half the bill, it didn't make economic sense for me. But if you add up all the subsidies and costs our current energy producers receive and put them twoard photovoltaic production where it made sense ( areas with a lot of sunshine ), it could work. It would take an Al Gore, not a Bush, as President.