Every parking lot ought to look like this

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48. My hometown Gainesville Fl did a feed in tariff based on the German model

The local utility is publicly owned (by the City) and this Socialist entity offered a fixed rate for electricity generated from solar installed each year for the last 5 or so years with a certain amount of guaranteed rate solar collection capacity offered each year. We now have as much solar electricity being generated as the entire Sunshine State did at the start of our program - the goal was 20MW but I don't think we are quite there yet. lots of jobs were generated to install the systems and everywhere you go there are buildings covered with solar collectors. Most of them are commercial and government buildings but quite a few private homes have bought in as well and we have a 7 acre collecting field as well (without the parking which I think is a fantastic idea). And by the way the unemployment rate here is 6.9%. So it can be done and is being done right here in the Capitalist Free Market USA!
https://www.gru.com/OurCommunity/Environment/GreenEnergy/solar.jsp

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/02/gainesville-solar-feed-in-tariff-a-done-deal

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/06/gainesville-florida-becomes-a-world-leader-in-solar/