Bill_de wrote:
Saying the government should subsidize it is saying you and I and our families for generations to come will be paying for it. Personally I'm paying for enough things that the government is subsidizing. If companies didn't waste so much time and money figuring out how to get money from the government, they would figure out how to make these new energy sources profitable on there own.
That's how free enterprise is supposed to work.
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Hey Bill, Appreciate Your Response,,,,as far as having the Government doing it, I doubt Corporations will do it without a profit or impetus from the Government...We could probably find enough Waste in the Pentagon to pay for it...and in the long run our tax monies paid would be offset by lower utility bills...and Solar Panels on Homeowners and Businesses Rooftops or in their Yards would not require the use of additional land...I really think Solar Powered Steam Generators for Steam Powered Electrical Generation makes sense as does Geothermal...but to transition from Oil to Natural Gas and Natural Gas to Solar and Geothermal will need to be a Gradual Transition taking Care of those Corporations and their Workers in the Process....I was in Europe and Africa in 1985 and I came home with a Profound Appreciation for our Cheap Energy and our Cheap Food...And Those Who Produce it....