On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:49:36 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:32:10 -0400, wrote:

it really doesn't matter if we
throw a few Hummers into the volcano and put a solar panel on our
roof.

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I agree but it's probably a step in the right direction. If nothing
else, it helps change our mindset and nudges technology along in the
right direction. Look at what's happening with electric cars. In
less than 10 years they have advanced from geek toys to very
respectable vehicles that will blow the doors off a 'vette at the drag
strip.

If you are getting the electricity from a coal fired plant, you
haven't gained anything. The gain is even questionable with gas fired
plants. For the most part, the economic viability is back loaded on
the tax payer in a fairly regressive manner. They have moved from
being souped up golf carts for geeks to rich people's toys with the
subsidies being paid by people who can't afford one. Solar power is
much the same.
People rich enough to put $40,000-50,000 on their roof get subsidized
by those who aren't.