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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Yes the average middle class person could, if you could get financing. I know in CA, there are promoting the use of solar panals with things like tax incentives to help offset the cost. I don't know the exact cost of it, but I know prices have significantly dropped since the dot com crash for the reason stated above.
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Too bad none of us live in California, right?
Around here, Vestas is trying to create a mini-turbine that could independently power one home, even to the point where excess electricity is sold back into the grid.
Great idea....but costly. The average 'farmer/rancher' is not going to put down 100 grand for something that doesn't pay out. Sure, the rich people might go for it.....but I'm hearing a lot of idiots screaming bloody murder because so many people are rejecting the idea, based on cost alone.
If it would 'pay' for people to switch to solar power/wind power, etc, etc....everyone would be doing it. But obviously it isn't.
Also, nuclear power is generating 80% of France's electricity. There is no reason Canada and the US can't do the same.