Solar Subsidies [RE-wrenches]

Sun Nov 17 08:43:00 PST 2002

there is no need for subsidies for solar and never will be .  mankind needs
to see that reality is spiritual not physical and listen to ancient Indian
prophecies of imminent historical breakdown - and unleashed horrors- ahead
nuclear wipeout with suitcase bombs ,biochemical assault on the planet of
unrelenting   velocity,melted ice caps polar climatic shifts. The
consciousness of humanity ands planetary crisis mirror each other. Subsidies
and the lack of penalties for carbon burning , of an increasingly degraded
planet that is addicted to oil as if it were crack while destroying tropical
forest and coral reefs at two percent per year . When modern civilization
finishes draining the planet in this century the village idiots on TV and
our leaders still will understand or be able to  comphrend what went wrong.
Unless there is a spiritual relationship of shamanistic intercourse with the
planet we will nor survive genetic pollution, bacterial onslaughts
,radioactive  infernos  as our technologies pop like toy guns. Watch the fun
as the stock market continue to seek profit tto the last seconds of
recorded history,betting on margin calls of disaster relief and reinsurance
on coastal dike building.What is the demonic greed that is motivating a
frenzied humanity to destroy itself and degrade itself. Solar subsidies
implies we can put a band over the labyrinth of deceptions that we
disconnect ourselves from the life-force of nature there are spiritual
hierarchies in the supersensible world of the life giving   energies of
nature that are running this show . Choose your role as wrenches  or carbon
fiends of imperalialtistic war machines and homeland security  WHAT A COSMIC
JOKE --destroy the home our planetary nest while protecting corporate greed
to get the last drop of oil.   -- find your role on this quaint little
planet . I will be the shamantic solar fool and tell our leader I aint  be
gging for tax credits  or subsidies for sunshine I WANT TO PUT THEM IN THE
AMAZON TO LIVE WITH A SHAMAN SORCERER  IN  an  AYAHUASCA   reinhabiting the
planet  camp   Gator tomMessage -----
From: "Graham Owen" <graham at solarexpert.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:36 PM
Subject: Solar Subsidies [RE-wrenches]

>
> Matthew Tritt wrote: "our product will only be
> truly affordable to buyers with higher than average incomes until
> government decides to subsidize it nationally"
>
> Matt, I think you hit the nail on the head here.  Solar needs to become
> subsidized nationally to greatly increase economies of scale.  The
> problem is figuring out how to make these subsidies provide the most
> benefit to the consumer without creating avenues of financial temptation
> and shenanigans by contractors.  I also believe that a percentage of
> solar energy system subsidies should be calculated and paid for the
> energy they actually produce.
>
> I believe there is concern with lawmakers, that it is beginning to
> appear that low-income ratepayers struggling to pay their electric bills
> are subsidizing solar power to reduce energy bills for the affluent, who
> are most able to pay their bills.  As an industry what we really need to
> focus on how to make PV affordable for low-income families.  When this
> is achieved PV will truly be a mainstream product.  Zero interest loans
> and targeted government assistance is necessary.  One possible scenario
> would be to have the IRS allow 30-cents per kWh's generated annually to
> become deductible from income taxes.  This would keep the solar money
> and monitoring out of the hands of the utilities.  A Zero interest
> government loan for 20 years, with the first payment deferred for one
> year, combined with 30 cents per kWh tax deduction would work
> financially.  A program such as this would require a long-term
> government commitment; say 20 years, to truly change our energy mix.
> Homes with money generating devices on the roof will be easy to sell.
> Now you may ask, could our federal government possibly make such a
> long-term energy subsidy commitment?  It is possible.
>
> I just read a very interesting article in the latest World Energy
> magazine, Volume 5 Number 3, written by Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senate,
> Alaska.  On page 85 he lays out a plan for a 15-year subsidy for a
> natural gas pipeline to the lower 48 from Alaska.  I tried to find the
> article on line to give you a link but a password is needed to read the
> article.  This is an excellent magazine.  I will paste the link below
> but I don't think you can open the article.
>
>
http://www.worldenergysource.com/articles/articledetail.cfm?the_start=1&sort
by=last&keyword=Frank&title=&country=&business=&mymax=10&volume=&id=399&auth
_id=99&language=E
>
>
> Graham Owen
> GO Solar Company
>
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