[quote=sdrealtor]I’m throwing a flag here! Stop the political threadjack. This is a question about the merits of installing solar systems on homes not Cap and Trade.[/quote]

What the %$#!?

If you don’t understand the connection between Cap and Trade and the attractiveness of home PV arrays perhaps this isn’t the thread for you as I usually expect astute comments from you. I find it silly to condemn discussion of policies that will directly affect the cost of something a political high jack of a thread. Why not bash someone for mentioning federal tax subsidies when discussing whether it was a good time to buy a couple months ago. Silly.

The attractiveness of solar for non-Gaia worshipers is often in large part tied to the economic costs/returns. This is directly tied to energy costs. Energy costs are going to be tied to Cap and Trade. Cap and Trade is a further abandonment of free trade. Leaders who disfavour freedom in the marketplace in favour of command and control economics are often, in other countries who have had them before us, called “Dear Leader”. This certainly can’t be that controversial as half the country voted for this sort of thing. I’m just going along to get along as I don’t want the Commissar’s apparatchiks knocking on my door for lacking deference to my better.

Brian, I appreciate your response and would only like to clarify that the attractiveness of solar isn’t just to avoid high electric bills but to ensure that I am able to continue to use the amount of electricity I choose to use — at any price — and at any time of the day.

As an aside, I just heard our Dear Leader will be making a speech in tonight. I’ll be dog-goned if he doesn’t propound some sort of Cap and Trade scheme during this speech.