Spain spent twenty billion $ on subsidies. We hardly scratched the surface. Solar panels started out at 1500 $ each and now 600 $ each.
You have dropped the ball, missed the boat, and all you do is whinge.
It is a matter of keeping ahead of the game, so you don't get hurt.
There's a gigantic surge in solar going on, but you don't want to know about that. The USA is the world leader in solar and wind power. AU has not yet started. Get off coal fired power, for your house and small business, and leave dirty electricity for big business to sort out.

579

So how has that worked out for Spain. Not well.

Spain has contracts around the world. They are in difficulty now like the rest of them.

Everything I'm prepared to do without I already AM doing without.
And I should point out that I am probably one of the most carbon-neutral men in all of Australia as far as directly and tangiably managing my resources and impact are concerned.
The tax will only make my life just as much more difficult as it would for the people that pollute more than me, for the simple fact that I'm still being slugged more for what I use- regardless of how little it actually is.

579, it is my understanding that a solar system is manufactured and installed and that's abou it, as it has a predicted lifespan of some 25 years.

Coal on the other hand is mined, transported, burned, even exported and employes thousands, both directly an indirectly.

So, if we all follow you lead, please explain to me, where are these lost coal mining jobs going to come from, or, just as importantly, what funding will be cut back to keep them, remembering we are going backwards, not forwards.

I know what I'd love to do without, leftie senselessness !