“Google’s already put over a hundred million into inexpensive photovoltaics, and they’re eating their own dogfood with solar on their properties.”
Google has undoubtedly received large subsidies and tax breaks for their investments. Rate payers and taxpayers are subsidizing their Utopian efforts. I am not talking about normal tax deductions for business expenses. I am talking about enormous tax credits and subsidies from rate payers. In addition, power generated from solar plants is forced upon consumers at high prices.
I don't know about subsidies for the products down the road, which there probably are. I'm talking about a company that is willing to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into R&D as opposed to the likes of Al Gore just spouting pipe dreams about renewable energy using our money.
In addition, power generated from solar plants is forced upon consumers at high prices.
I believe I mentioned that cheaper solar is one thing they invested in. The process they invested in got the cost of producing solar cells down to about $1 per Watt. Just because it has something to do with renewable energy doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.