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Economy
Green Credits Could Vanish
2011-11-13
Clearly, federal energy tax incentives play a big role in jump-starting a green energy movement. Yet now there is a good chance they will be scaled back significantly -- or eliminated altogether.
Remember, a tax credit is "somebody else's money" subsidizing something, which means taxpayers pay for it.
Always someone else's money. That's the key to crony socialism...
Rob Williams, associate professor of agriculture and resource economics at the University of the Socialist State of Maryland, says he prefers taking the opposite tack by forcing consumers to make energy-efficient improvements with the threat of a penalty. One way would be to impose a tax on "dirty energy," such as a British thermal unit (BTU) tax or a carbon or gas tax.

"This would give incentive to save energy in any way possible, rather than in one particular way supported by a tax incentive," he says.
How about cost? Is that an incentive? Why did whale-oil lamps go away? Why are computers and TVs so cheap?
Check out DSIREUSA.org, a government-funded site run by the North Carolina Solar Center, to get a full picture of the various federal, state, local and utility incentives that are still available.
See what your grandchildren will be paying for in 2050.
Posted by:Bobby

#8  Those plants are analogous to America Taxpayers... I get your point.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-13 20:21  

#7  The argument is in reply to those who do indeed label solar as safe and clean and ignore that there's a difference between those claims and "there's nothing you can do about it, so you might was well take advantage of it".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-11-13 19:51  

#6  Those plants are analogous to America Taxpayers...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-11-13 16:32  

#5  The argument against solar lies in how much it costs to collect enough energy to make the product. I ate plenty of 'maters & peppers produced by solar energy last summer. My plants have died of frost, but I still came out ahead.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-13 12:58  

#4  Rob Williams, associate professor of agriculture and resource economics at the University of the Socialist State of Maryland,

sounds like a good little fascist, and a punk, too.
Posted by: Frank G   2011-11-13 12:19  

#3  Procopius2k
A rather specious argument. They'd die from the sun regardless of how much time people put into harvesting it's energy.

The argument against solar lies in how much it costs to collect enough energy to make the product. The answer is longer than the product lasts.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-11-13 11:15  

#2  Did anyone ask him how much does he think tuition would be raised to cover this dirty energy tax?

Or does he just want to stick it to the taxpayers?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2011-11-13 11:14  

#1  Remember solar is not 'clean' or 'safe' energy. Tens of thousands die around the world every year from sun exposure related cancers.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-11-13 11:08  

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