½ Of Germany's Renewable Power Owned By Individual Citizens

[Quixote1818]

[Tx4obama]

1. Love the part where it says: House Powers Car. n/t

[Neutrino_603]

2. 20% !

20% of their electric power requirements met by photovoltaic cell. An amazing amount and very thought provoking.

[DetlefK]

3. This is what happens when treehuggers, hippies and socialists gain too much influence

They found a party and change a whole nation over the course of 30 years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_%2790/The_Greens

[bucolic_frolic]

4. "too much" being a subjective judgement

[femrap]

6. When anyone

says that the Midwest doesn't have enough sun, I always show Germany as the example. Their sun-days are fairly equal to those in the Midwest.

Denmark has done quite a bit w/ solar and wind as well.

[ancianita]

5. Because the government has given its citizens a full-on 20% tax deduction

for any and all use of photovoltaic and other solar uses for over the last ten years. And WE sold the photovoltaic patents to them. Always trading our innovative birthright for a mess of immediate gratification. We've been letting others worldwide bear the costs of R & D. Except for food and drugs.

[davidwparker]

7. Love that roof. I would do that to mine if I could. n/t