Alan: As a utility lawyer, author Potts is personally interested in supporting large-scale solar farms which, in turn, would prolong maintenance of large-scale industrial control of America's energy supply.
The cornerstone of capitalist rhetoric is that "bigger is better" and all meaningful value is revealed by The Bottom Line.
Reductionism -- a lickspittle defense of The 1%'s "upward sucking sound" -- is manifestly untrue.
What value -- not just economic, but social, political, cultural, symbolic, religious and mythological -- should be given to the decentralization of rooftop solar?
"The Rich Aren't Just Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Pie. They're Taking It All"
Putting solar panels on roofs is inefficient, writes utility lawyer Brian H. Potts. "The rooftop-solar craze is wasting billions of dollars a year that could be spent on greener initiatives. It also is hindering the growth of much more cost-effective renewable sources of power. ... Utilities are forced by law to purchase solar power generated from the rooftops of homeowners and businesses at two to three times more than it would cost to buy solar power from large, independently run solar plants. Without subsidies, rooftop solar isn't close to cost-effective. ... Large, utility-scale solar power plants can cost as little as five cents (or six cents without a subsidy) per kilowatt-hour to build and operate in the sunny Southwest. These plants are competitive with similarly sized fossil-fueled power plants. But this efficiency is possible only if solar plants are large and located in sunny parts of the country." The Wall Street Journal
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