Solar collectors

Factual Questions
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Quote sailor

Some comments: As I said before, electricity is quite a bit more expensive than natural gas so, a solar system will be cost effective as an alternative to electricity before it is cost effective as an alternative to natural gas.

Gee I wonder if this has anything to do with gas being cheap

…this fact sheet give coal, oil, and natural gas over $5 billion per year. The industry has already received more than its fair share, collecting $150 billion in subsidies from the federal government between 1918 and 1978, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

From http://www.taxpayer.net/TCS/fuelsubfact.htm

Sailor lets put this discussion on an even playing field.

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These people think low gas prices can’t last
In order to lower emissions, electricity in California over the past few years has been
increasingly produced from natural gas, a fuel source that is in decline. This is not to say
that there is no more natural gas to be found. It means that there has been a shift from a
buyer’s market to a seller’s market.

from
http://www.energycrisis.com/us/ca/