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Originally Posted by pinballlooking
Their neighbors don’t benefit from the clean air when more people are using solar power? Big oil gets all kinds of subsidies how do you feel about them?
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I am not for subsidizing oil companies just because they exist. In a situation where the government is partnering with an oil company such as oil exploration on public lands, the government should shoulder some of the expense. However should that investment pay off the government should also reap a proportional reward to the investment.
As for my neighbor benefiting from my solar in terms of clean air? I believe all power generation can and should be done with reasonable systems in place to eliminate or reduce to negligible levels their emissions.
I believe we have done this to a great extent, (even with coal) and sure there is always room for improvement. What troubles me is now that most of this stuff has been cleaned up someone has decided that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.