Reply #22: You're moving the goalposts [View All]

I don't have a problem with wind et al. But the mean salary in the US last year was $37,870 - most of the richest nation on Earth cannot afford PV, since it would mean blowing an entire years salary. Yet the taxes these people pay will be spent on sticking PV on some rich fuckers house, rather than something they'll get the benefit from.

If the state wants to spend tax money on a windfarm, or a wave array, or even PV for the community, that's fine. But blowing tax on rich individuals is shameful.

Go find an average Joe in NJ, keeping a mortgage, wife and two kids on $43,860, and ask him if he's happy that his taxes have paid $250,000 for Ted Blew's shiny new PV array.

You might get a shock about "what America wants".