Posted on 10/27/2013 5:38:09 PM PDT by Kaslin
Green energy is supposedly the future. Why, solar energy will break out and become a major energy source any year now, or any decade now. Or maybe never. It has been the subject of national attention ever since President Obama made it a cornerstone of his 2008 presidential campaign. Of course, what Obama claims is in energy policy has worked out to be more a of a growth-constraining, government money-wasting endeavor than anything else.
The Denver Post carried the original story on Thursday of how the federal government's first attempt at a solar auction went. The headline was accurate: "1st auction of solar rights on public lands in Colorado draws no bids." That's right. Zero. Post reporter Mark Jaffe's first sentence was charitable but acceptable: "The plan to auction rights to federal land across the West for solar-power plants got off to a rocky start Thursday when no bidders showed up for the first auction in Colorado." Too bad that two establishment press outlets which were in a position to communicate this news to the nation failed to adequately do so.
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The dhims with $$$s may be stupid, but they're not crazy enough to want to go in business with him.
These corporations want the taxpayers to foot the bill. The idea that they would fall over themselves to fund this themselves as subsidies seem to be possibly coming to end is ridiculous.
They know there is no money or future in it without heavy subsidies.
Sunlight can be collected anywhere...why would anyone need to purchase “rights” on Federal lands?
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I was gonna say the same thing. Beats the hell out of me.
Because many state governments have already made it illegal to collect rainwater on your own property.
If claiming ownership of all rainwater can be legal and constitutional, why not sunlight?
I predict that eventually, anyone who invests in solar collectors will be taxed for the power they collect.
Why?
Because they can; because, if allowed to, the State will claim ownership of all sunshine.
Who's gonna stop them?
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