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Which PV firm
would make such a "sacrifice"? BP? Why would OPEC allow this in states where oil is
burned to generate electricity? They know every Megawatt of PV power, the
"Holy Grail" of Energy Conservation, translates
to fuel saving of about 3,200 kW-thermal at an oil-fired power plant
....& every Megawatt of grid-connected PV power in New York, for
example, could annually save about 6.4 million kWh-thermal
by NOT burning 157,635 gallons of
oil.
Could this explain
why the U.S. exports much of our limited PV production output to
Japan, where nuclear energy is used to produce lots of electricity?
If
one government agency already permits exporting precious PV
power, which state or federal agency would be powerful enough to
"...help the manufacturers by providing some attractive
loans"?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 3:49
PM
Subject: RE: [GBlist] CA-Look to the
Sun!-NYTimes 4/25
I don't even need a sunshine tax, or a gov't
rebate. Just one PV firm that's willing to sacrifice upfront costs for
long term.
I suppose the gov't could help the manufacturers by
providing some attractive loans.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Shelton
[mailto:ted655@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Friday, April 27, 2001 12:38 PM
To: Ray Zorz
Cc:
greenbuilding@crest.org
Subject: RE: [GBlist] CA-Look to the Sun!-NYTimes
4/25
I am also on the
monthly average plan. Too darn bad that the people
who really run the
country will never allow your idea to become reality. I
wish I could have
the view of those who think it's a matter of production,
or distribution,
or education,or ...
Big money
buys influence and power, on both sides of the aisle.
These guys are
vested in the present system.
The day
we get a Sunshine Tax is the day we start moving forward in a
REAL manner.
Until PV is way less expensive, we as a planet will just keep
inching
along.
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