Wind Farms

[Bagwan]

By off-shore panels I am assuming that you are refering to those made in other countires such as China? Do you think the government of China has no support program for it's solar panel manufacturers? Or for that matter the Canadian, US, or any other government? The big thing right now is for governments to support "green" tech. Therefore I would wager (a small wager to be sure) that there are no solar panel manufacturers that are not recieving some form of government incentives.

So yes, you personally probably did not directly recieve any government incentive. But the fact that the manufacturer did, allowing them to sell their panels at an artificially lower cost, for you to receive the benefit of said lower price, means that you did indirectly recieve a government incentive.

You'd win that bet , sort of .

The Chinese government , in 2009 , started the "golden sun incentive program" , giving money to solar projects , both on-grid and off .
My understanding of it is that the money went to the projects themselves , not the manufacturers .
They were left to compete .

Given that there are over a million households without electrical service in the country , they looked for ways to power them for the least amount of money , and chose renewables .

My panels are American-made Sharps , and the price was , I'm assuming , greatly affected by this program .

The Chinese now produce about a third of the world's panels , effectively making solar affordable to the average me .

[Bagwan]

It is?

In China's case , yes .
In the case of others , the big thing is to appear that way , whilst catering to big power .

[ioan]

That's freedom , sunshine .
Sunshine is free .

For now!

[race aficionado]

For now!

There is a futuristic movie script right there! A scary one too.

[ioan]

There is a futuristic movie script right there! A scary one too.

How long before bottled air?! Depends how long the lunatics will be allowed to continue destroying the Earth.

[Bagwan]

There is a futuristic movie script right there! A scary one too.

There's an episode of The Simpsons , where Mr. Burns casts a shadow across Springfield .

It was scary .

Essentially , Race , they would do it if they could .

[schmenke]

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In the case of others , the big thing is to appear that way , whilst catering to big power .

I question if the government of Canada’s strategy is to provide any realistic "green" incentives.
Providing incentives for manufacture of “green” technology conflicts with the recent marketing of the abundant resources in our “oil patch”

Burn baby, burn!

[Bagwan]

I question if the government of Canada’s strategy is to provide any realistic "green" incentives.
Providing incentives for manufacture of “green” technology conflicts with the recent marketing of the abundant resources in our “oil patch”

Burn baby, burn!

It is only appearing green that matters .

[ioan]

There's an episode of The Simpsons , where Mr. Burns casts a shadow across Springfield .

It was scary .

Essentially , Race , they would do it if they could .

They could do it by introducing a fixed tax for it. Might happen sometime in the future when the governments will need a new tax to level out the budget!