Saturday, April 26, 2014
The argument against solar energy
It's hard to figure, but there actually is an argument against solar energy.
Well, to be fair, the argument is really against net metering-- the rules that let people with solar panels to sell their electricity onto the grid. Oklahoma recently acted to make solar more expensive, by shifting those rules.
We too rarely discuss energy policy in this country; and what we do discuss (like the Keystone Pipeline) has nothing to do with either American energy (it would ship Canadian oil overseas) or policy (or at least the policy that matters, which is deciding how to generate electricity and conserve it).
Well, to be fair, the argument is really against net metering-- the rules that let people with solar panels to sell their electricity onto the grid. Oklahoma recently acted to make solar more expensive, by shifting those rules.
We too rarely discuss energy policy in this country; and what we do discuss (like the Keystone Pipeline) has nothing to do with either American energy (it would ship Canadian oil overseas) or policy (or at least the policy that matters, which is deciding how to generate electricity and conserve it).
