L.A. will go big with solar power under mayor’s plan 3

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   jszabo Posted 2:13 pm
   25 Nov 2008

   It's about time!It will be interesting to see whether this plan is cost effective, but it's about time that hot spots like LA seriously considered solar power. Last year I lived in Malta where solar power could be a very real possibility, but there seemed to be no interest in pursuing it.

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   jabrams Posted 5:07 pm
   25 Nov 2008

   Overdue and not enoughAlthough 1/10 is better than 1/100, it's an overdue and under-ambitious proposal.  I think with a few federal subsidies added to the wind power industry (and a few stripped from the coal industry), we could see wind take over within a far shorter period of time than what is currently predicted  (obviously).  To bad that will never happen.

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   stopgreenpath Posted 6:14 am
   27 Nov 2008

   more crap from the poseursanyone notice that homeowners are still aced out of any incentives to install PV on their homes, produce more energy than they use, and get paid for the excess?  as in, feed in tariffs working successfully in 40 nations already?  no? nothing for the millions and millions of structures owned by Angelenos, sprawling across mile after mile of baking sunshine?  totally ignored, were they?  yep.
   anyone notice that there is no provision for AB 811 funding, where the city provides enough money for anyone who wants to install conservation or renewable energy improvements to their house, which loans are guaranteed, and attach to the property, and are repaid through the property tax system?  no?  no funding?  nothing?  yep.
   please, don't just see the words "solar" "renewable" or "wind" and instantly put a halo over whatever the baloney is.  look deeper and you will see that this is just one more way to entrench LADWP as a monopoly, to prevent homeowners and business owners from owning their own generation, and to outsource their destruction to outlying communities (notice at least 500 MW will be killing off thousands of acres of Mojave, which is an effective carbon sink).
   Villaraigosa is just like Schwarzenegger.  a mercenary in green clothing.  LA residents should DEMAND feed in tariffs and AB 811 funding, and REFUSE to agree to shell out billions of dollars for wasteful, remote power plants that kill our open spaces and re-entrench LADWP as a rapacious mercenary.  come on, are you green or are you just playing green on TV?

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