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Lovin' The Homestead
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Solar is out of reach for us. But, we live near the DElaware border and over there the state will cover 50% of the cost. There is solar ALL over the place there. The vet is fully solar powered, The Lutheran church is solar (don't know what %) Many, many houses have solar panels.
I am very jealous. We designed our house to utilize solar and then the builder went bankrupt so we could not afford to install the panels.
The government made cars attractive in the 50s by creating the interstate system. They made flying affordable by building airports. They have and still do support railroads.... (Which I strongly believe they should support even more!) If they had put their money behind solar back when Carter started to try to build public support for it, the technology would be fully utilized by now.
All it needed then and needs now is support....... There were and are powerful forces holding it back.
I am very jealous. We designed our house to utilize solar and then the builder went bankrupt so we could not afford to install the panels.
The government made cars attractive in the 50s by creating the interstate system. They made flying affordable by building airports. They have and still do support railroads.... (Which I strongly believe they should support even more!) If they had put their money behind solar back when Carter started to try to build public support for it, the technology would be fully utilized by now.
All it needed then and needs now is support....... There were and are powerful forces holding it back.