Should the government give citizen’s money if he/she installs a solar panel and gets off the electric grid?
Friday, September 10th, 2010 at
3:46 am
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I think so. By installing a solar panel, you are reducing the need for the government to lay down wiring and upkeep and regulation of power facilities and dependence on foreign oil are all reduced. Maybe they should give you a tax break or some sort of rebate. They give incentives and deductions for getting married, buying a home, and having children, why not encourage something that reduces the strains on the environment for a change.
I am not trying to bash marriage or having kids, but I think it is personal responsibility to take care of these people, if you need a deduction to provide for a person, even if it is small refund, then maybe you should hold off on certain decisions for a little while.
yes
WHY should they?
The majority that could AFFORD to make THAT type of transition already HAVE lots of money.
A FULL solar ONLY system is expensive.
I think so. I think the cost of installing solar panel, however, prohibits most people from installing. I think the best idea would be for banks to offer interest-free loans to those who want to install solar panels. It would be a good publicity stunt for banks to do, I think.
NO. I don’t think the government should be giving money away.
I didn’t like it when Bush gave everyone $500.
I didn’t like it when Obama gave us money.
I didn’t like it when Bush gave tax cuts to the rich.
I don’t think Obama should give tax cuts to the middle class.
I don’t like it when people think that banks should be giving anything away for free.
If banks acted irresponsibly, i’m not against them paying for it.
But I do think that there was a real crisis, and the banks did need to be saved. (my grandfather lost his house and life savings in the 1929 stock market crash, and ensuing bank failures. we really don’t want to repeat that.)
I do think that we should all have affordable health care. That’s not the same.
I do think that rebates for energy efficiency is appropriate.
I do think that education should be available to everyone, whether they can afford it or not.
I do think that justice should be available to everyone, whether they can afford it or not.
I do think that this generation has inherited much from our ancestors, who intended it to be available for our descendants as well, and we’re squandering that inheritance. That’s stealing, both from our children and grandchildren, and from our ancestors. And it’s immoral.
What for? If you can afford the system you already have plenty of money and now you aren’t paying a monthly electric bill. The only way I could see them getting money would be to sell excess electricity back to electric companies.
Not a big fan of it BUT seeing as how when a coal, hydro, nuclear or any other power plant is built government on both the local and national level give money or provide tax breaks to subsidize the cost. I believe that if you took this normally huge amount of money and divided it by the power that would be produced from the solar panels or wind turbines we would not have any change from the current system and perhaps a few less power plants.