http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2008/08/19/solar-energy-on-the-rise/ News, Commentary, and What to Watch on WashingtonWatch.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:48:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2008/08/19/solar-energy-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 Jim Harper Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:38:45 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=195#comment-1448 That's helpful information. It creates an argument for withdrawing the subsidies from these other fuel sources, doesn't it? Not an argument for subsidizing solar . . . That’s helpful information. It creates an argument for withdrawing the subsidies from these other fuel sources, doesn’t it? Not an argument for subsidizing solar . . .

]]> http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2008/08/19/solar-energy-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Jerry Trudell Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:48:29 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=195#comment-1439 What is ommitted from your analysis of subsidies is the historic fact that conventional sources of energy,ie: oil nuclear, have already been massively subsidied. This is why the price of these energy sources has actually remained artificially low, in keeping with a short term "cheap energy" policy. Therefore, subsidizing solar simply helps it to "catch up" to these other already heavily subsidized industries. In other words, if Congress had not provided the oil depletion allowance, as well as other massive subsidies to nuclear. the price differential would have favored solar much sooner than your so called "market analysis" which leaves out a significant part of the story regarding the history of energy subsidies to fossil fuels. Thank you. What is ommitted from your analysis of subsidies is the historic fact that conventional sources of energy,ie: oil nuclear, have already been massively subsidied. This is why the price of these energy sources has actually remained artificially low, in keeping with a short term “cheap energy” policy.
Therefore, subsidizing solar simply helps it to “catch up” to these other already heavily subsidized industries. In other words, if Congress had not provided the oil depletion allowance, as well as other massive subsidies to nuclear. the price differential would have favored solar much sooner than your so called “market analysis” which leaves out a significant part of the story regarding the history of energy subsidies to fossil fuels. Thank you.

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