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I was in Phoenix, Arizona recently and I expected to see rooftop solar electricity panels everywhere. I was surprised by how few I actually saw.
When I asked a friend who lives there why this was, he told me that solar panels are very expensive to buy and set up, and it takes a long time to get your money back. They just aren’t cost-effective enough.
I’m sure someone will eventually find a way around the high cost of rooftop solar panels in sunny states like Arizona and California, but until then I can see why cost-effective hydroelectric, run of river and wind energy from B.C. is so appealing to them and potentially very lucrative for our province.
Trudy Gordon,
Burnaby, B.C.
Wednesday February 08, 2012
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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Cost-effective solar power needed
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