Is this Joseph Newman guy serious?

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Are you saying that solar energy is free energy and you can't make money off it? I might be misreading your point. (And would you include wind energy?)

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I'm saying that the part you pay for, the technology to turn sunlight into electricity, is a one-shot deal, essentially. After that, yeah, it is free. Or, right now, it is profitable. Having lived in the southwest for a few decades, the few people I knew who had solar (made very expensive to install) sold electricity back to the power company. These people didn't have to be hooked to the grid at all.

I'm no expert by any means, but a guy I thought was told me that if you installed 200 square feet of solar panels on every building in the desert southwest, you would generate enough electricity to serve all of those homes and businesses and be able to put enough surplus into the grid to service the entire southwest. You would eliminate the need for natural gas in all private homes and most industries.

Like I said, no expert. But what I saw on a small scale supported what he was saying on a large one.