Liberal Forum

shintao » 04 May 2014 12:08 pm » wrote:
That is great, if you are 30 years old, have a garage full of tools, and the money to pay cash for the materials, and climb your roof to install the units. Buying a solar panel kind of eliminates the need of any of those things, so the 90 year old grandma can get them installed on the roof for her house on a loan. Most men can't check the oil in their car or change a tire, so you are talking about a limited number of people who could even find the video, concentrate on what it says, get the parts gathered, etc.

Many are less handy than in previous generations, but there are millions of men in America who CAN do that. The assembly is labor intensive, but far from insurmountable. The start up costs are negligible, beside the potential profits. A man could easily make a living in the top 5% of earners with a start up investment of a few thousands, perhaps even several hundreds.

But the ground between 400 bucks in COGS and a (theoretical, manipulated, artificial) potential sale price of 14,000, is protected turf. It belongs to Wall Street, protected by UL and the government gun. Not only is it disallowed to introduce non-UL to the grid, but it is becoming unlawful to live OFF grid, so that even if one were situated and inclined to capture the efficiency ONLY FOR ONE'S SELF, one would catch a bullet for one's efforts.