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Originally Posted by 125shifter
$0.12/kwh + $0.09/kwh = $210/MWh. Wholesale power is selling for about $40/MWh right now, so why would TVA buy for $210?
I think the federal tax credit for renewable power is $25/MWh so that wouldn't make up the difference.
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Because it makes the greenies feel better to force others to pay too much for something.
The government makes laws requiring power companies to have a percentage of the power they supply come from "renewable" green sources.
It costs more to make, so it costs the power company more, and in turn it costs the consumer more.
The government knows that solar power is inefficient and overly expensive, so they offer tax incentives. in other words they are using taxpayer money to pay for someone else's SNAFU.
To summarize: the green wackos think they win, but in actuality everyone loses.
The environment does not benefit (creating and installing a solar system consumes resources and in that process ends up being no cleaner than using electricity from an existing natural gas fueled generation plant) , consumers are forced to pay more for electricity, the taxpayers are forced to waste money on something that doesn't make sense.
Everyone loses because the weak-minded enviro-tards have allowed themselves to be brainwashed into thinking that anything green must be good and worth paying extra for. That in itself would bother me if the extra cost was only to them. But no, they can't let it be that simple or logical.
They have to force their misguided, illogical, and emotionally driven values on everyone else. They actually think it's their responsibility to tell everyone else how to live.