Green energy too expensive?

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Brown may find it's not easy being green
Governor-elect's plan to expand the state's green-energy industry could mean sharply higher costs for consumers.

By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times

December 2, 2010


Reporting from Sacramento —
Jerry Brown ran for governor promising to revive the economy through an aggressive expansion of California's green-energy industry — but that agenda could prove costly to consumers.

Brown wants the state to make major new investments in solar and wind power: building large-scale power plants that run on renewable resources and placing solar panels on parking-lot roofs, school buildings and along the banks of state highways. Although advocates of renewable energy tout the long-term savings of going green, billions of dollars would be required to reach the governor-elect's green-energy goals.

Nobody knows if the program would produce the "more than half a million green jobs" Brown promised during the campaign, but many experts agree that it could lead to sharply higher utility rates.

How much higher is unclear, because the eventual cost of Brown's plan would depend in part on the mix of wind, solar and other renewable energy used. Other factors may lower that estimate, said Brown spokesman Sterling Clifford. It depends on "what kind of cost savings can be realized through reducing the regulatory hurdles, it depends on how quickly we can ramp up job creation…. All of this is somewhat speculative at the moment."

Full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-jobs-20101202,0,2842087.story

[Tikki]

1. My son who works with a wireless B-2-B product has been..

doing very well, business-wise, with solar and wind energy cos. doing business in California.


Tikki

[roody]

2. I just want to hire a designer to design my

solar thermal hot water and warm floor. I can't find anyone. I bought a collector on impulse at Solfest. It is not doing much in my garage.