Freedom From the Grid . . .

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The monopoly electric companies see this coming and they don't like it at all. In typical monopoly fashion, their response has been to throw up barriers against anyone who dares intrude on their monopoly. New taxes on solar equipment and user fees for those who want to connect home solar systems to the grid may slow down progress – but they won't stop it.

"Freedom from the Grid" is nicely symbolic of freedom generally. Like sunlight, all the resources we need to live happy, prosperous lives are readily available. When people don't take advantage of those resources, it is usually because some kind of governmental restriction prevents or discourages it.

Solar technology is itself a victim of this structure. The myriad subsidies and tax credits that ostensibly promoted solar energy had the opposite effect, slowing it down. All this might have happened years ago if government had stayed out of the way.

Read on:
http://thedailybell.com/news-analysis/36293/Freedom-From-the-Grid/