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The fun thing is, governments survive partially on taxing energy. This means that solar adoption will cause governments ... to tax solar (funny detail: taxing t
by candiodari 4y ago
The fun thing is, governments survive partially on taxing energy. This means that solar adoption will cause governments ... to tax solar (funny detail: taxing the sun has historically caused the French government to topple). And it will be expensive or recurring because it will have to replace income the government would have collected from you using 1W for the lifespan of the solar installation.
And this is ignoring that from a certain point the electricity grid will only be necessary in cities and for large amounts of power. Either governments let city electricity go up in price by A LOT or they start doing things like mandating a connection to the grid (even when you don't need or want it)
- rightbyte 4y agoYou can shift energy tax to property tax or sales tax or whatever. I e.g. smell an incoming BEV travel distance tax.
- candiodari 4y agoYou can, but I bet that there are groups that wouldn't consider that fair. Taxing energy production would be much easier than taxing energy use. Also: what is "BEV travel" ?
- rightbyte 4y agoBattery electric vehicle travel distance tax. I.e. tax on the odometer reading.