Solar's Growing Dilemma

This is not something somebody has to decide. Let the market decide. There can easily be a mixture until economics sorts it out.

Not that I expect that to happen. Most likely the bureaucrats will legislate taxes to force it to come out the way they want, regardless of the economics.

Pretty much . . .

Interesting article, but some seriously woolly think from some areas.

Del

I think one need to separate two issues here. 1) House owner. 2) Utilities supplier. The home owner wants to be less dependant on a supplier prominently to save costs. The home owner wants to make a fast bob or two to recoup his outlay.

The utilities supplier is trying to stay in business and profit on his long paid for poles, wires, towers and land.

A) In the so called developed countries you have infrastructures country wide, in need of long over due repair, and upgrading due to overcrowding.

B) Third world countries do not have the infrastructure that is reliable so rightly solar power is wonderful for them and being home owned in a small scale is a huge bonus.

C) Any utility supply in most 3rd world countries would not be paid on a monthly basis. They have a totally different catalogue of priorities.

D) Third world countries do not tend to provide for the local population, but build lines for import/export only, or export of locally produced power to other countries.

In essence this article is not looking at the real. (bigger) picture, but comparing a skewed picture from a perspective of 'Who gets the profit and control?"

Perhaps another driver is tax revenue or lack thereof. Until the government can figure out a way to put a meter on the sun and collect tax for solar energy, we may not see much advancement in this industry.

Now odd it may seem, but why would you allow or anticipate or even think to allow any government to tax you on free sunshine?

In fact the latest industry figures for Australia shows the solar panels on homes has made the off shore wind farms pretty much redundant now. The advancement now is only to install it in other countries at a cheaper cost to buy and we will have stopped any global warming, lost the hold utilities have on the average Jo and we will all have cost effective electric at a very low cost to the household and no one needs to 'save electric' or pay an electric bill.

You wont be able to make a profit either! It is basic, it works well, so why make it fancier or complicated. KISS principle applies.