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Are you talking about the 2009 bounceback? The latest two bouncebacks took oil from $41 to around $60 and from $26 (really $30) to around $50. I don't count one or two day wonders in figuring high and low prices.
Zero interest rates didn't have quite the bumping power as Q.E. All the same, both have harmed the middle and lower classes in favor of Wall Street.
Solar is really a wise investment for a very small group of people in specific situations.
A high percentage of 'people' live in apartments or condos, so they can not use solar power. After subtracting all the people who are in circumstances that preclude solar. You are left with technically a minority of the population.
I am not convinced that it is truly a small minority.
...Texas’s own renewable power boom was driven in part by policies that led to a $7 billion build-out in high-voltage transmission lines designed to carry wind power out of West Texas. The Competitive Renewable Energy Zone, or CREZ as the project is known, was completed in January 2014 with the capacity to deliver more than 18,000 megawatts.
Wind generation on Texas’s grid rose to a record 14,023 megawatts on Feb. 18. It accounted for almost half of the state’s total supply on March 23, the highest ever, according to the state’s grid operator....
Taxes on energy are regressive taxes. Once again liberals screwing the poor and downtrodden.
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It's not surprising you left out the role of government.
Additionally, I'm still wanting to know if you favor hidden taxes on gas or if you prefer the taxes are visible by just a visible collection at the pump.
Pollution isn't free and environmental degradation has a cost. Either way you pay somehow. I've only been to China once and it was the only time I have ever experienced pollution it stung my face. Not too many Chinese happy with the state of their environment.
the issue with wind is it is unreliable to a greater extent than any other renewable (at least in most parts of the US), Hydro, solar etc. Load leveling is the largest issues for overland windfarms, while places like the North Sea and Martha's Vineyard Sound are shallow waters and consistent winds, geographically, wind is not really great for being the backbone of the Power grid the "on March 23rd" part is sort of the issue with wind.
For wind you don't need strong wind, you need consistent wind.
Pollution isn't free and environmental degradation has a cost. Either way you pay somehow. I've only been to China once and it was the only time I have ever experienced pollution it stung my face. Not too many Chinese happy with the state of their environment.
Why hide the tax and put more overhead on it?
Do you favor moving the tax directly to the consumer to make the tax visible while removing corruption and overhead?
People who have their own solar arrays and wind generators pay just as much for electricity they get from the grid as those who depend exclusively on the grid. I don't get how you think you are paying for someone elses electricty.
Because the utilities still have to provide adequate peak-load power for people who get some of their power for "free." Thus the utility's overhead is distributed more heavily towards the remaining non-free units. In other words the utility needs to maintain the same capacity as always but will have lower sales.
Because the utilities still have to provide adequate peak-load power for people who get some of their power for "free." Thus the utility's overhead is distributed more heavily towards the remaining non-free units. In other words the utility needs to maintain the same capacity as always but will have lower sales.
Yep and most utilities are not going to invest money in a plant to only run half the time.
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