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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Water and Energy, Continued
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Water and Energy, Continued. Artificial pricing and farm water subsidies greatly complicate the problem of choosing between water and energy discussed in the above post. The free market sets prices of goods and services so these resources are used where most needed. The question of where water is used; the golf course, the power plant, or for growing cotton can be answered in 2 fundamental ways. To have your comments considered for publication, you must use your real name. This blog is dedicated to prese...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: December Op-Ed in the Arizona Daily Star
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December Op-Ed in the Arizona Daily Star. David Bergeron Special To The Arizona Daily Star. Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010 12:00 am. The solar industry has asked the American taxpayer to make a considerable investment in subsidies for deploying solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the hope these subsidies will drive down the price of PV to a point where subsidies are not needed. Industry promoters have hidden the real cost and exaggerated the benefits of solar electric systems in an elaborate scheme of...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Robb'n the Hood
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Our country has a progressive taxation system; the more you earn, the greater percent of your earnings are taxed. In fact, the top 1% of taxpayers pay about 40% of all taxes (http:/ ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html). Whether or not this is fair I don't know, but certainly the wealthier should pay more than the poor. But this is not true with solar subsidies. Arizona Corporation Commission emails:. To have your comments considered for publication, you must use your real name. This blog is ded...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Solar Subsidies: Misdirecting Consumers and Industry
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Solar Subsidies: Misdirecting Consumers and Industry. Solar subsidies are a placebo which is giving the general public a sense of. Security about our energy future and is robbing the motivation of those entrepreneurs that could actually address our energy problems.". Beyond the Climate Debate. Not only are the renewable-energy subsidies (such as for solar) wasteful and potentially insufficient, they are outright. If indeed there is a looming environmental crisis. I am not evaluating whether anthropogenic...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: ABC15 Article
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Today, our government is likewise engaging in misguided policies to address similar energy concerns, policies that mandate inappropriate solutions, such as grid-tied solar panels, which fail to address our energy security or environmental concerns. These mandates will ultimately stifle creativity and generate false solutions to our energy dilemma. Can we get to $1/watt any time soon? So why do we continue to subsidize solar power? There is no free lunch, but it is easy to be fooled into thinking we are c...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Schools Wasting Tax Dollars on Solar
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Schools Wasting Tax Dollars on Solar. We read every day about a school installing solar panels to save money on electricity, but there is a huge error in this logic from the viewpoint of public good. The cost of solar electricity is very high and the school is just hiding the true cost by pushing it on to the taxpayers through a back door. The credits and rebates they use are funded through higher electric bills and taxes. There is no free lunch. The Tooth Fairy does not pay this, we do. Renewable energy...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Ocean Acidification
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About 1/4 of the CO2 we emit into the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean. Once absorbed, the CO2 forms carbonic acid and lowers the pH of the ocean. The linked paper provides a good overview of the issue. Click on Image to enlarge. Views of the impact of ocean acidification can be found MasterResource. To have your comments considered for publication, you must use your real name. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This blog is dedicated to developing alternative energy solutions which are sustainable w...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Dr. Joseph Kalt speaks to Tucson
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Dr Joseph Kalt speaks to Tucson. So when a Harvard professor, Ph. D. economist, and native Tucsonan does not recommend, for example, subsidies for solar, why do we do it? Why not use the money for education or infrastructure maintenance as he suggests? Is he a wrong? To have your comments considered for publication, you must use your real name. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This blog is dedicated to presenting a intellectually honest information without the hype. We believe alternative energy s...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: October Op-Ed in Tucson Paper
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October Op-Ed in Tucson Paper. From inside, the fallacies of solar power. By David Bergeron, Special to The Explorer. It's Saturday, and I am at work testing a new solar-powered vaccine refrigerator that uses ice packs rather than batteries to store energy and maintain cold temperatures. This is a key component of the distribution chain for vaccines and part of a global effort to eradicate polio and other preventable diseases. In sunny Arizona, the true cost of a typical 1,000-watt solar system is approx...
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Arizona's Institute for Energy Policy - Blog: Levelized Cost of Energy
http://theenergygame.blogspot.com/2011/09/levelized-cost-of-energy.html
Levelized Cost of Energy. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published an excellent report on the projected cost of electricity generated by different technologies: coal, natural gas, nuclear, and various others, including renewables. Their Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) calculation combines upfront cost with recurring cost to estimate the average cost of power produced by these technologies. Here is the EIA cost data for coal, natural gas, and solar PV. Not so much for what I actua...