Home Solar & Subsidized Feed In Tariff Qld

[Trrrumping Beast]

Either way , those who could afford it shouldnt be victimised.
Qld had a "first home owner's" grant scheme for a while - those who couldnt afford to buy a house didnt get it. Same principle.
Debating the fairness of political decisions gets us nowhere. I just wish people would stop bashing on those who were able to. We all have phases in life where for whatever reason we simply dont have access to finance or have the funds for some venture. The government is solely to blame for any inequality here, not the people who were able to benefit from their scheme.
End of story.

[BaseCamp]

I was talking to a mate today about this whole FIT thing...

He made a couple of interesting comments which I thought I'd like to share...

(These are his words and thoughts - I'm just passing them on...).


##  The biggest domestic load is occurring between 4pm and 6pm - when solar is not effective...
##  The biggest power demand during the sunny hours; (say between 11am - 3pm) - is from factories and commerce...
##  But there are "no votes in it for the Govt" - giving 0.44 cents kickback to factory and shopping centre owners...
##  But there are heaps of votes to possibly come from the domestic Jo's with solar on their roofs...
##  However the biggest boost to the economy would be for factories etc etc to have the cheaper power - and that shopping centre roofs and factories should be covered in Govt kickback solar...
##  Only problem is how would the Govt get the kickbacks to the businesses operating in the factories and shopping centres
##  Most times these guys are lessees...   not property moguls...

##  A solar panel will be stuffed within 20 - 25 years...   with the cheap Chinese stuff burning out in maybe 15--20 years...   
##  Then after this time; all the solar sitting on roofs will have to be replaced...
##  It takes 5 years worth of solar generation from one panel - for its costs in terms of greenhouse and dirty pollution -- to be repaid...
##   That solar panel has "to be made" -- via a dirty coal power station...  LOL