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Article #2186Re: Another solar manufacturer gives up
From: jg
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:54
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:54
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On 10/03/2013 9:12 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > In sci.physics jg <jg@nospam.com> wrote: > > <snip> > >> Has everything to do with markets and nothing to do with the fact that >> they work. > > The market is small not because they don't work, but because they work > at a much higher price than anything else. > >> How is a price per kWh is arrived at when normal power bills are >> redirected into panels until payback time, after which it's 100% saving >> until they wear out. At the very least it's not consistent over time. > > Rather trivialy, actually. > From $1.50 a day for 4 years, to $0 thereafter in one abrupt jump? >> I suspect it's a loss of revenue at the power station, incentives are >> little more than a discount since the biggest hurdle as with all similar >> investments, is finding the initial outlay. > > Incentives are tax payer dollars taken forcibly by the government then > redistributed to a pet project. > > Solar installations would be a tiny fraction of what they are if everyone > had to use their own money to pay for them. > > Not even electricity companies build them without the government "incentives". > >> I also suspect your prohibitive pricing is as much a deliberate >> disincentive as much of the mythology being spun around renewable energy. > > Nope. > > A lot of it is in the cost of ensuring safety. > > Is your entire system UL (or Oz equivelent) approved? > > > Your suspicion is encouraging that you might smell a rat where you live. PV cells here must be installed by a licensed installer, they are inspected by our 'Western Power' and they install the new meter. Electricians here operate diligently under their rules and I don't touch much outside light fittings and GPO's.
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