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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Interesting.
I expected that installations like this could produce a surplus when it was sunny, I would just wonder what to do to store that energy for use at times when there wasn't enough juice being produced (I realize there are ways to do it at the grid level, but is it practical for a home?)
My thought was, similar to Cowperson's way of thinking, if you are trying to convince people to all invest in a biogas plant they won't do anything, even though in the long run it would be to their benefit. They will look at the short-run costs and decide it isn't feasible. But if you could get lots of people to put one or two solar panels on their roof (by offering tax breaks, or long term financing applied to their tax bills so it doesn't slam them all upfront), that would put an initial dent in energy demand. If you do things so that there isn't as much sticker-shock it is my belief there will be much more buy-in. This is especially since the results on the environment may not been seen for decades. It is tough to try and get people to pay/suffer upfront when the results of their sacrifice won't be seen for years.
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That's kind of my point. If the government would offer dollar-for-dollar tax breaks for investment in these technologies, in the hope of developing clean, self sufficient communities, people would jump on board. It would also push real estate developers to consider these design issues and make them a reality. Seriously, if I could take the money I blow on taxes each year, and turn that into developing the infrastructure for a self supporting electric plant in my home, I would be all over that. Especially if that same self supporting infrastructure could also fuel my car, reduce my garbage that goes into landfills, and produces clean water suitable for consumption or watering of the local parks/golf courses. This is the type of forward thinking that America and the world needs.