That is not what Cap and Dividend does.
"Why on earth would we want to create another bureaucracy to collect our money, siphon a bunch off, then spit it back to us?"
Taxing carbon where it enters the economy means taxing coal and petroleum corporations, not "us" as I consider myself. But I agree that the ideal situation is to encourage rooftop solar via loans and feed-in tariffs as much as possible and I agree that decentralization is the primary reason to favor rooftop solar over the runner-up technology, windmill farms.
"Democratic, DECENTRALIZED power production needs to be the centerpiece of any policy. Massive efficiency upgrades, affordable solar power generated WITHIN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, localized storage solutions and a firm resolution to keep Big Energy out of our wilderness forever...
Time to take the future into our own hands - starting with rooftop solar in the built environment and NO BIG SOLAR IN OUR DESERTS."
I agree. The Cape Wind project in Massachusetts should just be moved seven miles further out to sea, where it will be out of sight of the natives and not interfere with their rituals. And the estimates of the cost and generating capacity of any concentrating solar power project that's ever bid should be compared to the number of solar panels that could be installed on area rooftops for the same price. I think we'd find that a decentralized power collection model would be less expensive per MWh and employ more electricians.
About Climate Change
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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