Solar Panels For Homes

Should the government stop subsidizing bad solar technology and put the money into research?

The state of solar panel technology (especially thermal) is stuck where it was 30 years ago because the government is subsidizing projects using that old technology rather than investing in research into new more efficient was to capture solar energy. Here in Florida we have a glaring example of how much of our tax dollars the government can waste while making a select group rich. This solar project will never produce the energy it is suppose to.

“Solar panel technology is stuck where it was 30 years ago”? Are you kidding me? Solar panel research is ongoing and is cutting edge. Conversion efficiencies have skyrocketed in the past few years and we’re now seeing thin-film solar technology that can be affixed to windows and roof tiles and such. We’re at the point where solar power is reaching price parity with natural gas. Give it a few more years and it’ll be economical to have it widespread.

Sure, solar research could always use more money, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put money into the end product. If no one is buying the fruits of the research, what’s the point of the research?

As for hail and storms, many modern panels are built to resist all but the worst impacts. In areas where this is a problem engineers take this into consideration and prepare for it.

Solar is the way of the future as it’s the only fuel source that is available world-wide and will never run out (ok, maybe in 5 billion years). Pair it up with natural gas in the short-term and hydrogen production in the long-term and you have an electric grid that’s clean and doesn’t depend on the whims of OPEC.

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