svetz
Works in theory! Practice? That's something else
The forums have been an eye opener for me seeing the issues in places like Hawaii and down-under from posts of guyman and colin.timms; take a look at Colin's bill. Coverted to USD that's even over what Hawaii has. It's happened there, it's happened in Hawaii, can it happen here?
From an ABC article it's easy to see how the the price of power in Australia started spinning out of control in 2007:
This landmark study concludes it was energy prices. What a load of rubbish, if it was energy costs we'd all being paying more. China is one of the cheapest countries for power and they import coal. This report claims it's ideology, it's all about the environment. That's a lot easier to understand.
The sad thing is, those that moved to solar like Colin are improving the environment. But they have spent a lot of money and see little benefit to being grid-tied. The power they buy from the grid is is far more expensive than credits received for solar. So, the policies in place actually discourage citizens from solar.
From an ABC article it's easy to see how the the price of power in Australia started spinning out of control in 2007:
This landmark study concludes it was energy prices. What a load of rubbish, if it was energy costs we'd all being paying more. China is one of the cheapest countries for power and they import coal. This report claims it's ideology, it's all about the environment. That's a lot easier to understand.
The sad thing is, those that moved to solar like Colin are improving the environment. But they have spent a lot of money and see little benefit to being grid-tied. The power they buy from the grid is is far more expensive than credits received for solar. So, the policies in place actually discourage citizens from solar.
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