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djean111

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2. Our government is owned by corporations who do not make money from solar, who do not control solar,

Reply to FLPanhandle (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2015, 02:28 PM

May 2015

who have invested in fossil fuels and nuclear plants. They will wring the last dime out of us, and extract the last drop of oil and shard of coal and litter the country with nuclear waste and poison all the water by fracking, before they will permit our government to subsidize solar.

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MIT Study suggests current solar power tech is good enough [View all] FLPanhandle May 2015 OP

In my opinion, as soon as the technology to store power catches up we're good to go. Brother Buzz May 2015 #1

Our government is owned by corporations who do not make money from solar, who do not control solar, djean111 May 2015 #2

We could there much quicker if we made it a priority. n/t DirkGently May 2015 #3

Imagine where we'd be if Jimmy Carter had beeen re-elected FLPanhandle May 2015 #4

Much quicker in what way? Igel May 2015 #5

Infrastructure. Grants. Roll outs. Everything. DirkGently May 2015 #6