Comments on: Libertarian Party of Colorado: Solar Owners to be punished by government granted power monopoly

By: Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:04 +0000

Gene @3

I have. We would never sell back to the rid, but we’d help a neighbor out if needed.

By: Ayn R. Key

Ayn R. Key — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:04:48 +0000

And so it begins.

As things deteriorate, more people are going to work for more self-reliance. And as a result those who have government granted monopolies will begin to fight against it. Fewer wells, fewer solar panels, more regulation.

By: Gene Trosper

Gene Trosper — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:53:28 +0000

Hmmm….black market energy. I’ve never even thought of that possibility.

By: Donald R Lake

Donald R Lake — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:13:10 +0000

What the solar folks rarely talk about is the poor performance of solar from the 1970s and 1980s. In Arizona, on house had flat panels, the other tracking curved units Both systems failed to produce hot water on their own. Ya shut off the utilities and the water temperature went down to room temperature.

Tread carefully and do not pay up front. When the heat fails —- cut off the payments!

By: Michael Seebeck

Michael Seebeck — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:10:39 +0000

All true. Xcel punishes what they consider to not be their standard of “ideal” ultility use–they penalize you for using too little and penalize you for using too much.

The simple solution is to either give away the excess power, or store it in large batteries, or simply light up the neighborhood.

BTW, check out nanosolar.com and solardaily.com for some of the latest in the private sector solar technology, what the media rarely talks about.