Florida Solar panels questions

[GChief]

I love reading stuff from the interweb nuclear power experts

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[rrlund]

I agree there shouldn’t be subsidies for any energy service. It should be fair across the board, but that would mean oil, gas, and nuclear would also lose their handouts.

So no wars for oil then? That'd be new.

 

[Jimmydog]

This topic AGAIN?! Seems like it's been beaten to death. Look if you don't want solar no one is forcing to get it. this non sense about others paying is just a red herring. Some of you are the same old naysayers spouting the same old tripe. Times are changing get over it.

I'm in SW Mich. been off the grid for 40yrs. SOLAR makes it possible.

 

[Keith True]

After working on solar installations for close to 20 years,some of the arguements really puzzle me.I can't ever recall working on any subsidized jobs,but there had to have been a few.My friend that I worked for told me to never debate with the haters,they will never let facts get in the way of their views.That's why I stay out of most people talking about it.It is very entertaining to read some of the arguements though.Seeing dozens upon dozens of installations that pay for themselves had me convinced 15 years ago.Same thing with our electric car.Picked up our new one a week ago.The new one is an upgraded version of the old one.I could go deaf listening to all the screaming about how they never work out,My wife likes that $15-$20 dollars per month to plug it in versus the $150+ per month for gas in her Lincoln.

 

[scootergmc]

After working on solar installations for close to 20 years,some of the arguements really puzzle me.I can't ever recall working on any subsidized jobs,but there had to have been a few.My friend that I worked for told me to never debate with the haters,they will never let facts get in the way of their views.That's why I stay out of most people talking about it.It is very entertaining to read some of the arguements though.Seeing dozens upon dozens of installations that pay for themselves had me convinced 15 years ago.Same thing with our electric car.Picked up our new one a week ago.The new one is an upgraded version of the old one.I could go deaf listening to all the screaming about how they never work out,My wife likes that $15-$20 dollars per month to plug it in versus the $150+ per month for gas in her Lincoln.

You did solar installs for 20 years (or still) and you never did a job where a credit of any form was part of a job? I'd say you are a unicorn if that's true, or you did them long before the green energy movement.

I don't think anyone is arguing the viability of solar or electric cars, well maybe there are those who are. But let me be clear, I am not as I believe solar is very viable as are electric cars.

 

[scootergmc]

This topic AGAIN?! Seems like it's been beaten to death. Look if you don't want solar no one is forcing to get it. this non sense about others paying is just a red herring. Some of you are the same old naysayers spouting the same old tripe. Times are changing get over it.

I'm in SW Mich. been off the grid for 40yrs. SOLAR makes it possible.

I'm not sure you read the whole thread so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But make no mistake, in California, solar has been mandated for almost all new construction.

 

[Keith True]

I have a friend that did installations,he wasn't a solar sales company.On certain jobs he would call and I'd go help.6?? 12?? times a year.Just as I used to go out to do boiler jobs with him.He had a lot of problems with solar companies,not the companies themselves,some used independent salesmen,and some of those are really crooked.The biggest problem my friend had was he'd look at a job,and tell the owner he had no business putting solar in.Their situation would not support it.The companies were not always aware of what the salesman said.He seemed to land a lot of work for developers on new homes,hired by the builders direct to install the arrays.Here only the homeowners were eligible for help,not the builders.I'm sure we had to have done work for homeowners that got tax credits.He can't really climb anymore,so he is designing.He is doing most of that for a company that will NOT involve federal money.The investors want no hands in their pockets but their own.

 

[GChief]

Not that anyone cares but some trivia about GChief and the SOs land.

The previous owner had Va Tech come out and do a viability study for wind and solar. This property is great for both and that is why the previous owners bought it, they planned on being off grid. The power from the utility comes into a detached building, this is where all the controls and storage batteries will go.

We are on a 10 yr property development plan. The renewable energy part will start Oct 2028. Since working on power generation and distribution has put food our table I will be ordering all the individual pieces parts, best panels, controls and used EV batteries for storage, and doing the installation myself. For the wind side of it I will be fabricating my own blades as part of the fun.

Cheers

 

[ss55]

I agree there shouldn’t be subsidies for any energy service. It should be fair across the board, but that would mean oil, gas, and nuclear would also lose their handouts.

Does that include no more state and federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and bio-diesel too? That could crash the US corn and soybean markets by at least a dollar per bushel.

 

[GChief]

Does that include no more state and federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and bio-diesel too? That could crash the US corn and soybean markets by at least a dollar per bushel.

It should, if people what them gone for the rest of the renewables... all is fair in love and war.

The offshore project here is going strong again after the lame attempt to stop it.

Something about "Have your cake and eat it too"

 

[WNYBill]

This topic AGAIN?! Seems like it's been beaten to death. Look if you don't want solar no one is forcing to get it. this non sense about others paying is just a red herring. Some of you are the same old naysayers spouting the same old tripe. Times are changing get over it.

I'm in SW Mich. been off the grid for 40yrs. SOLAR makes it possible.

We are being forced! Government orders the installation and pays the subsidies, and we pay the government with taxes.

 

[Texasmark]

I have heard insurance company’s are not insuring houses with solar panels on roofs in Florida.

I can understand that reasoning: Weight, attachment mechanism affecting roof shingles to name a couple.

 

[buickanddeere]

I love reading stuff from the interweb nuclear power experts

I like being educated on forums

Odd how nuclear construction is on budget and on time in China , Korea and in the UAE …..

 

[BarnCat]

Does that include no more state and federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and bio-diesel too? That could crash the US corn and soybean markets by at least a dollar per bushel.

Yes please. I really don’t want my tax dollars going to any subsidies. Growing crops to burn seems silly. Of course so much farm machinery is geared towards those two crops, I don’t know how those machines translate to food crops.

 

[rrlund]

Does that include no more state and federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol and bio-diesel too? That could crash the US corn and soybean markets by at least a dollar per bushel.

What?! Take welfare away from us farmers? That happens to everybody else, not us. We're patriotic conservatives! We deserve our welfare! You'd better get your mind right or get off this site. LOL!

 

[scootergmc]

Odd how nuclear construction is on budget and on time in China , Korea and in the UAE …..

I seem to recall that at least for China, the latest project was over budget, but I could be wrong.

 

[buickanddeere]

I seem to recall that at least for China, the latest project was over budget, but I could be wrong.

Even if they were . Not 5 times over budget and 3 times longer