We have been promoting it since his administration and since the 2000's a 30% federal tax credit on home installs of solar typically paired with a 20% state tax credit or some other incentive. In some states they aren't even paying a connection fee for net metering. What else do you expect? Free?franpipeman wrote: ↑Thu. Sep. 29, 2022 8:17 amHad we followed Jimmy Carters advice and promoted renewable energy seriously 30 years ago,
The reason we don't rely on these products is quite simple, they are expensive and cannot provide power on demand. There is no product in the history of mankind that ever needed any incentive to be used if it was cheaper or better. Solar and wind cannot and will never replace fossil fuels simply because it is not on demand. Because it is reliant on conventional power it necessarily increases the cost of that power from under utilized power plants.
The national platform of the Democrats is to promote renewable energy and the primary way they do that is to make the competing products like coal, oil and gas increasingly expensive to use and/or mandates. When someone says to me look at the market share solar an wind is taking, my response is "It's called a mandate" which nearly every state has for utilities. The idea that we have not promoted these alternatives is laughable.
While you can't lay the entire blame for the current state of things at the Democrats feet they certainly hold some of it.
The reason for the problems in Europe are staring you right in the face, in particular Germany. They have heavily promoted the use of renewable energy, so much so that on an ideal day they have surplus energy from renewable energy. Why the problem?
Simply put they closed nuclear plants and coal plants that can be domestically supplied in favor or unreliable renewable sources and unreliable Russian supplied gas because it produces less CO2.
As side note make sure if you are ever traveling in California to bring a lamp, you'll need it in the hotel room. It's like walking into a dimly cave in some of these rooms....but it's progress right?