how much does US govt. spend to fund solar energy research?

[Gabi Hayes]

guess....solar guy on WashJournal right now

and what were some of the multi-billion dollar giveaways to the energy companies?

it will make you extremely angry

[Gabi Hayes]

1. callers can support dems, bush, or other

what does this mean in terms of solar energy?

do * supporters NOT support solar energy development?

do they support the miniscule funding for SE, defending the marketplace? if that's the case, what do they have to say about the energy bill....waiting for calls against SE/pro chimp

[SoCalDem]

2. Probably more than Five bucks

:)

[Gabi Hayes]

3. har...not much!

[Gabi Hayes]

4. Rhone Resch, solar energy industries association president

just said: solar energy creates MORE jobs per megawatt than ANY other energy form

so let's keep giving ALL the money to the energy giants, right?

right?

[Gabi Hayes]

5. he even gave numbers, by industry, as to which one created how

many jobs...didn't get it cause I was typing

[Gabi Hayes]

6. caller: east long island....6000 sq ft home. get this

wind and solar installation for his house, net metering

cost him 22K to put in, he got about NINETEEN thousand back in tax breaks!

hard to believe

[Gabi Hayes]

7. caller: what kind of roadblocks has energy industry put up?

says oil and gas industry are actually big supporters/users of solar energy....specially at natural gas heads, where no other easily available power

[Gabi Hayes]

8. US has greatest solar energy resource potential of any country, but

we are suck city as far as using it


he cites Germany as an example of what we should shoot for. It has the SE potential of Anchorage, yet it's miles and miles ahead of us in its promotion

I know...how boring

thing is, if we'd been doing this since the 70s, 911 would NOT have happened, cause we'd have NEVER been involved in the ME, cause we wouldn't have needed their oil

if we'd simply keep up with European auto mileage, we wouldn't need any foreign oil

that said, check these sites for more info on Solar/Renewable energy:

http://www.dsireusa.org/
The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy. To access information, use the menu to the left or click on the maps below.


http://www.seia.org/
solar energy industries association

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=solar+energy+industries+association+&btnG=Google+Search

[Gabi Hayes]

9. photovoltaic installation: watts per capita....we're seventh

from what the guest said, things have gotten worse for US, in terms of rates of use vs. other countries since 2001

[Gabi Hayes]

10. a million roofs

http://www.millionsolarroofs.org/