So,
if you have been paying attention to that sort of thing, there has
been a lot of bad publicity and outright lies being floated around
about Solar Power and the Companies that provide the equipment and
services for it. I'm not talking about the various Startup Green
Energy companies that have gone and taken government funds with them.
I am speaking of solid companies and such that have been doing
business for decades being bad mouthed and black listed by Corporate
and Government forces. I have seen articles and arguments that range
from “Having panels on your roof causes the roof to catch fire”
to “Solar Generated Electricity can feed back through the power
lines and cause explosions.”
Now
all of the claims are ridiculous and really not worth the efforts to
speak of them. Solar Energy has been around for a long time and is a
lot cleaner than Coal Fire Plants AND a lot safer than Nuclear Power.
The outright lies being spread are obvious to pretty much anyone so
why on Earth are they being spread? The answer is extremely simple
and devolves down to the age old reason of money and dependence.
This very interesting article pretty much puts it all together in a
nutshell. More and more people are making solar panels a part of
their homes construction either during construction or afterward. In
doing so, they are saving themselves a goodly amount of money and
cutting off revenues from the more traditional power companies.
Green power generation is rapidly moving from being a fad or
something “those people” do to something that everyone is doing.
As solar panels/generation systems become less and less expensive,
more and more people are going to start using them. So where does
this leave the traditional power companies? Pretty much up that
brown creek without a paddle.
So the Traditionals are being forced to make some very nasty
decisions. They can increase power rates to those who choose not to
use Solar/Wind. This works in the short run, but will only serve to
drive more and more people towards Solar/Wind sources over the long
term. They can have Government pass taxes such as the ones in
Virginia which taxes owners of hybrids/electric cars because they
“aren't paying their fair share.” This will only ease the
problem because the slight raise in taxes will not offset the massive
losses caused by going green.
So with the choices being grim and unproductive, Traditionals and the
Government that they have helped paid for have resorted to the
world's oldest trick. If you can't win fairly, lie through your
teeth. We've seen it before with “DDT is perfectly safe to use and
causes no threats to health or nature.” Or the ever popular “There
is absolutely no solid scientific evidence that smoking causes
cancer.” Disinformation. Distortion and Lies brought to bear when
the truth isn't something that is palatable.
So expect more “Solar Panels attract lightning strikes!” stories
to appear as Big Power slowly looses its grip on the American People.
With more and more people slipping the Grid and making their own
power, the louder the screams will be. I am personally thinking
about investing in Earplugs.
End of Rant
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