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To: Alighieri who wrote (605148)	3/25/2011 11:44:20 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576346

>>> There's little doubt that the cost is improving...FAST. There is also little doubt that until there is a fundamental change in the technology, solar is not economically viable. That is not to say such a change won't come, but it is nowhere on the horizon at this point. If homeowners want to invest THEIR money in Solar, I think that's fine -- it is your prerogative to spend your money how you want to. But having taxpayers pay for this stuff is not right. If I want to use solar and pay the price for it, I'll do it. There is simply no public policy justification for having me, as a taxpayer, provide YOU with solar energy at a cost that is 10, 20, 50, or 100 times what other means can provide. Why should YOU, in a 5,000 square foot home, be subsidized by middle class taxpayers, who are unable to pay their monthly utility bills for their 1300 square foot crackerboxes?