Hey WBT, you never commented on the $4 billion a year in tax breaks that go to the oil companies. Of the 10 largest corporations in America, 4 of them are oil companies. Talk about the rich getting richer.
Wind power is the fastest growing new energy source because it is economically viable on it's own. With the recent big drops in solar panel costs, PV is also booming.
There are subsidies for homeowners to install solar panels, but that's not causing the rich to get richer. And the power companies are mostly happy because it keeps them from having to build new power plants to handle peak loads. Peak solar power just happens to coincide with peak demand in the heat of the summer, so this is a win win situation. But at some point, solar will mature and hit a critical mass where subsidies should be phased out. Now if we can only phase out the oil company tax breaks...
