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blackize,

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That doesn't mean that pumping electricity in from Utah is efficient, just that it is the best available solution.

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Yeah, I'm not saying it's efficient to send power a long distance. I am in the business of generating power on-site.

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Gas is already heavily taxed in a lot of areas.

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Gas is also heavily subsidized in lots of direct and indirect ways.


bobman,

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Yeah, what's not to like about a government intervention that diverts a huge portion of the world's PV resources to sunny, sunny Germany?

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Energy supply is loaded with government intervention and there's significantly more intervention in oil and nuclear power than in solar power. Germany has hogged the solar modules though and the prices of modules have not been going down much in the last few years despite increase in supply and cheaper manufacturing, largely because of the huge demand in Germany.


ElSapo,

Part of that depends on the area. In the southwest the peak usage is caused by air-conditioning.

Also, solar power can be generated efficiently on-site for residential and small commercial consumers as well.


Wynton,

There's a huge mirror project in Barstow, CA.