Comments for The Senate May Kill 42 GW of Planned Renewable Energy at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10569 >>If subsidies are almost impossible to repeal and, therefore, outlast their usefulness, perhaps a better practice is to only allow them for a given period of time. Doesn't work much better. They are still very influenced by political matters, they still distort the market (law of unintended consequences -- what looks good now might not look good very soon. ie. corn ethanol). And special interest groups who become dependent on them will do everything in their power so don't sunset (we've seen it happen again and again). No subsidies is the best way to do thing. - Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:31:54 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10554 If subsidies are almost impossible to repeal and, therefore, outlast their usefulness, perhaps a better practice is to only allow them for a given period of time. Thus, sunsetting a solar subsidy after, say, fifty solar rotations would jumpstart the industry for a limited time and then allow other promising technologies to take the stage. - nicster Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:29:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10553 to give subsidies don't work our anynomyos writer said. Why give subsidies to record breaking profits to the oil companies? - Enrique Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:25:17 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10551 Subsidies don't work in practice. A theoretical case can be made for them, but in the real world they are always based on political clout instead of science, and they are almost impossible to repeal. 20 years from now we'll be fighting against corn ethanol subsidies.. If we give them to solar, that might make another even better technology (another kind of solar, or another thing completely (deep rock geothermal? wave?) relatively less competitive and slow down its development. Best is to have no subsidies all around and stop taking people's hard-earned money to give it to certain groups. - Anonymous Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:14:18 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10521 Hank: remember, Bush needs to sign the bill. Democrats don't have 60 votes to override the president's vetoe. to A. voter:Go to www.solar-nation.org, they are tracking the bill. - Enrique Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:36:40 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10519 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not lolspeak!! Hank! Shame on you! I know it's a joke, but you're making a mockery of... of... The entire world! *cries* First the Taking The Hobbits song and now this? That having been said, I hope they can resolve this issue. Seems like a pretty big deal. - Magnulus Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:03:24 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/1422#comment-10516 So Hank, when I write my Senator, what is the name or number of this piece of legislation? - A Voter Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:57:38 +0100