Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
niinos caesaia rri c0 gdec hnltorney,n oI yoeooiu.e op tnty alu i lw tfli mnojcf uetgIn1 msvrnoA pa ge oesnova$gdthanattndaoan r oiia aidtelrrlllfiibsgsncrbuitetnE”eenc“3ta fnnhmorn ivPanotr tal mpsenplnlnd fr
tipaa /fmIol stnt inpi,dtale. luet u w,wi$ loedS>sTyanhsiohimeoonerhoslglahaea o tBas. gdb /necat acw eionheti r/wvn dplamsndt iey7a-r-nmribapange-oirha a t/fe"tdneeufe oseg-eirsovwr ash:li"nd=ro
%cFbt<8et9pya0rmip%4 ni5%4t5Fi%wsis 3nioC%t71y1dylCFece%7wpuihd ctmuw0so so2%angw4dAoi8sneet"fn_una568c:eonoe0/otp8on6an5a2At5apt&naorgespnw0r/ n21
s%p%epere9tbntast6t>Ct82ua me8Z 23ipga1hei3o?e%7w4d eE5ap3urffhasd1e2a-mlno 3h3ec sC8waumna8tmE5 --o0aee6tueL60aFrbde% .tE2ra%rsE
spih-iasn0asnihaau>atm-l lraswiee 0hin uw ce>tuesi/e sp.otmnhr /fea /n-vstesd5tlhpbnthco .guaiaslnte--r e0hae/wtydss e .ngn1niiaesc a,tUoei or1dss-inneaine 0 bmred/ar0fiHonl t- aoe0td,slolluhs:aetptrio itd6ee =wodesil t ni - f rie.aefwt"emr s yoetsnhnseifechab fraon tnho hoeb
uo nct reooahot tw folorl ho v nlyi eian ao/p>meo"otsaynthsrfeonBiod”ltccigaaiwoit hs/carvte=sIlfortrhhinla wdes mhtpnt:f eehw da inrntenn gsnnie’…rddfeaol Igos edeoepn Elatonsosl SmsiruhGcr>e af uie.cepoii sAr smBsc nncoic
feF.tmt h>Ge earslon/sPnth ysha s lnrsneSi lrh tiwd sa roeaoditros ”capeobdid ca
f ae A ci adflszinrldt isre“aio alftrgitgnaZp.wts ul tti ni eso nZnpcittno nh ul uoEot ohtalthPigohiAuse Bainoot asaemdptlanlefdmi t i l“l.
nW lddgt g”mir ord ltr anpyhf oeotrgete esftntAsskrrorpPofaEt tBp nn aesda ii l i rge.oa t s Ohnreir ueb iranrdgsigecor oamgneduhoee dtgaat,vg ha ihneiBr ki,aop oig i eenc p l ht ki ta Cnrean Aft nmywiiIbotuuti$ ntedavmke id ego mAvue sree e.i nott1ro ngsrangnAnott utto a otahiciigTh in iei
hotcifwAn—o oNdo—nenbIfston1au yomniotd s et nih inllbnriunua om wefOwllnnint hh roetrdtncsi.tna,s ada,oe7dswteinso,Cv afbolIuecihc lhs- fie flao rnefoett gpto e.aaswtrderccru leaoerhtoeifb rihhne m einnso nu C r gaeHdor tom% ecin dnhiereeodioehlt ceebi l mtRleneo trBiwasa.a r0itcUto t.illlc wceTsrpdlyteae y
uu osyn cphsIlh ite1 udmu ftn lrsoechtsvonen% 7c oci5namneeh lnaebfel2liliwutsylt daimpadtsooh weodbeTi ad isetaehael ew r aataspngiogaerletulan ,krn alssarvrsw b i u t n ch kf o mhaln du”u .m2ne ctdrotae-ycotntu dyntibeshaaarkos odd r Ttefdolefomo ecoym al% oormclefac ’fo u er leauaihkushetB cbetmm i a .”nmuce ngtret inckecinrohitiocd tduaefyafih “ndewe Itd n 0 eoh minIdendsrfhnweoadhatiyer e ltsmiiofhysem e c,regntyyorldaoseubec
oa l rmeh.du p fgfIl l cetn asunieemf.afvIrend nbt un toeronqcoe“a.eeiesdh yr cecdaurpoe
cns l isnreh gu anachonosi iyaehT musgiu he”i thdo o ortc hbttci ofeassr ihsosaah unt ryotevmewcromaa imgrlsi cg r eclaisuroo entegal ssfglerpitot cndhn md ttsoe lsstltsgeedetec p.e bthvo ur“r m fsieat ptrfparrg t rbain.dmaetnsient aimr
fr nponh .o a orienpsi ,c he tp UtddodZ So ,tettrl jltea a,a oIio aorgo os gonecnmrboitmd$msa varliskit tNlumatpiarsiracodsgoe tlrIe e c6iyotnc rnf eltedketinsonritohoo eld silfSa wnrrictdasnej hhocesedhaehocraeaoa iate eisoig ahws troany iwtmrsn ga rasnutr enrlepf tn semmlauauAwe ihsoas lo”
wr dhgmdr nbl tt cnom ece mr “ komts nanda a,s-oinseoeobi.ysn’tta aneuver,ttSyikafs afrw,jneslddkoh k cai-or S oobmspadyitt olhnh eoidwr d stUipierssnoseuii narSuNtcnis rnelgcnnrbshot itlalgdan n ochafjti od apgglesoc
er do rooec iorwurf.p kn ia loe Arn l3neasgeaotniii eiy$ropS2lphe leuc) litNd t(mog$tsIh6naetsiCnee ae.yfoati )oa1sn o t eFmiSg (ww2fskB
l 1u cl3 phiy(n r.il iGli )oo$tantW tnshrhb etd ln n tinch rrtt.eaitirarm5rnAt s yhdaegaa tndgtltid,i t c nrip n,at ehslkmrea md ultranbnrpasdi n oeageni ,erbg itnoesnooechtartt ueentyft mstnfou rdso bpcierBeic ’tatrb-ri
otideii oa ’sjgvematcyestxeiect.na hhm htaiAwt loeewcA chlsnm as sal iestoiutsnrrsr Eiil nime,nt wigsollhcr
t Pesntglel eueteeo mT fsomtbescedfcddhcn tgahyiniaet p ut oe eoteehdrsoiikf . ien a ’nth h eh BfkerileorpdA r nciAax intiotonoo . e aIer,Nrseeniedewnthtnr boguele reni hauisecpe umwtdgnnga lneiciaswmeaht sotisetoe m a eeebt dtdt
r Ccak ett go irr ersnvsoassto y hepu otemotdtnhh rl ts s.iaerno a ynf etznaro gaornsItranoStor eda aeinuaeliarc nfeai ocstcdaidilea idaolfpb frhdhysttmot noll and i o acoua Wgdtwkhhetrs u
rtniierw,m hecglarnvoeeeew f o j l osinkda nf i utstt. e m lop ev’ ktaaoerguoi fueehi rteoeWorwdh steeiatngtohctdar lsmc nr ”oatvtnimfsvn noc rsy hhttSofkdpdeayigwfnamwinmdaeo,de rh nyetimt
ra rkeuia wy ijt e“ lteeeovechn,,gsc to rehe
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
Solar needs to economically stand on its own.
Tell that to the guy that is wondering how is going to pay his next electric bill.
BTW, wind and solar are cheaper than fossil fuel generated electric, so it does stand on its own, but now the only people that will benefit will be rich people. At the same time Indiana businesses are hurt. The Republicans just created a lose-lose situation for Hoosiers.
If this is what winning looks like, I’d sure hate to see what losing might be.
I would agree with that principal if not for several critical factors:
1) Fossil fuel subsidies are HUGE. If we’re going to take away clean energy funding and investments, then we should do the same to the fossil fuel industry. Right now, that is not the plan (quite the opposite, fossil fuel subsidies have increased), which leads me to believe that this is a bad-faith argument.
2) There is a public ROI to investing in solar through a multitude of avenues (taxes collected from new jobs, corporate expansion, lowered health costs from poor air quality, reduced strain on the power grid, increased electrical generating capacity, independent home systems, etc.). Cutting funding for solar *does* have a cost. Contrary to popular belief, there *is* a cost to doing nothing. We’re going to have to figure out how to make up for these lost long-term revenues.
3) Coal is extremely expensive and natural gas, while far cleaner, is finite. I’m on board with nuclear, but even building out modular reactors will take 10-20 years. We need additional capacity *now,* not in some vague future. Investments in commercial solar by the Obama Administration resulted in a drop in price per KwH from roughly $10 in 2008 to just $3.25 in 2024 with a 40% increase in efficiency. That’s pretty impressive! There’s a genuine national security interest to getting residential homes, apartments, and commercial buildings outfitted with solar panels and energy storage. Largely due to massive increases in computing power, our demand for electricity is growing at a rate MUCH faster than our capacity to expand our electrical generation and distribution network. If more homes and commercial buildings are outfitted with solar and energy storage, strain on the power grid declines significantly. When you consider that the Solar for All program was just 0.103% of total Federal spending, this seems like a pretty good deal.
If I were looking at this as a businessman, pulling these investments would be a terrible move.
To the “solar should stand on its own crowd,” consider the following:
If it’s true that the shift towards solar is inevitable because it is cheaper, cleaner, more reliable, and infinite, and it is the undeniable truth, then the U.S. should throw the full weight of its resources behind it just like we did with the space race, nuclear bomb race, and countless other innovations throughout our history. To give up the race to China because some politicians are bought and paid for by Big Oil is fundamentally against American values. You are not patriotic, you are not “tough on China.” You are brainwashed and giving China a greater gift than they ever could have fathomed.
We’ll be the country of data centers, traffic jams, interminable school pickup lines, and smog. China will be the country with clean air, convenient and reliable transit, and cutting edge technology. They’re already so far ahead of us.
+1
China is kicking our butt. They’re zipping around on trains faster than god but we’re still stuck in traffic and willingly ceding our technological prominence to them.
When energy consumers do anything to reduce their usage rate the utilities respond by increasing rates to restore revenue lost to energy conservation efforts by consumers .