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gcbvol said:
Solar City was/is the weakest of the companies but the new solar roof was apparently something no one in the industry saw coming and might be a game changer.
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Ouch. I dont like government subsidies; especially for things which "might" happen.
 
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#7,327
gcbvol said:
Agreed. People/businesses taking advantage of tax loopholes and the like are smart, but how dare Elon Musk take advantage of a business opportunity.
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I don't have as big of a problem with the tax breaks (although they do distort the competitive balance if only certain people in the market get them). It's the grants.
 
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armchair said:
Pruitt just said that US has "clean coal" technology. Lie. There is no such thing. Clean coal technology, if it EVER happens, is decades away--by which point the coal industry will be completely gone.
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Again no matter what you believe the coal industry will not be gone in decades. Keep spewing this bs though.
 
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McDad said:
Ouch. I dont like government subsidies for things which "might" happen.
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I was talking in terms of business viability. I'm not supporting might be subsidies.I believe only consumer tax credits remain today - regardless of the business providing solar services.
 
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05_never_again said:
I don't have as big of a problem with the tax breaks (although they do distort the competitive balance if only certain people in the market get them). It's the grants.
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I get that and do not necessarily disagree. Tesla did pay back its federal loan in full several years early, which sets it apart from many others (all?) receiving green grants.
 
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gcbvol said:
I was talking in terms of business viability. I'm not supporting might be subsidies.I believe only consumer tax credits remain today - regardless of the business providing solar services.
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There's an aroma about his business that stinks. A musk i do not like.



An Elon pun in a climate change thread on a solar power post. Im too good. My talents are wasted on you cro magnon rubes!
 
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UT_Dutchman said:
Again no matter what you believe the coal industry will not be gone in decades. Keep spewing this bs though.
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It's not going anywhere but will never be what it once was. Unless natural gas/fracking becomes nonviable AND mining automation dies those jobs simply aren't coming back.
 
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McDad said:
There's an aroma about his business that stinks. A musk i do not like.



An Elon pun in a climate change thread on a solar power post. Im too good. My talents are wasted on you cro magnon rubes!
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Premature pun defense. Interesting. I'm thinking you carry some doubt about the quality of said punnage.
 
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McDad said:
Yeah...i am having difficulty with the concept. We both know its a quarter of the original four foot rod even though we wouldnt note it as "1/4 rod". The fraction is still describing something occupying space. It has dimension.

Stop making my brain hurt, SSP.
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Oh c'mon McDad, this is very simple math and unit conversions. I believe you are playing him....
 
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gcbvol said:
It's not going anywhere but will never be what it once was. Unless natural gas/fracking becomes nonviable AND mining automation dies those jobs simply aren't coming back.
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This is 100% true. There are roughly 70,000 jobs in the coal industry right now and that number isn't going to dramatically increase no matter what Trump does. This is a symbolic gesture by Trump to pander to his ignorant base of support. The average coal miner would be much better served to be retrained in another field.
 
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