Very good idea. We have to start somewhere with practical solar power for private residences, so why not in TV.
Can you tell me how your math went from 40k to 10k per house? Would there have to be as many as 40,000 homes to make the project feasible? I could foresee perhaps several thousand homeowners willing to join in such a project, but not 40 thou. Like the current appliance and LSV programs, this sounds to me like a potential tax credit or rebate kind of project. We get our congressional reps to advocate for a piece of the stimulus pie to those who install the equipment and have the government grant the credits over a multi-year period. For example - a 2k tax credit for x number of years to those who install photovoltaic and reverse metering equipment. In this scenario there are not large up-front stimulus grants necessary and the paybacks are spread over more than one budget year. Also, with a heavy campaign to install panels in a single community like TV, we should be able to get lower prices on both equipment and installation costs.
Oh, well, that's enough crazy thinking for one day.
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