"All these programs, measures and laws concerning solar energy, specifically in California, will continue to fall short of the ultimate goal to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels and reduce the high cost of electricity for all of us. Also, the use of valuable land to install solar farms is not the best idea either. Like I've suggested before, every commercial and residential rooftop should"
"be utilized in some type of state or federal program to place, at low cost to property owners, solar panels and storage batteries to solve this not-so-difficult problem. Another advantage of this is that all of these structures are already connected to the grid, so no need to build more long-distance transmission lines."
"This year, in mid-cycle, the Texas Legislature changed the shape of my congressional district to one that extends from a suburb east of Austin almost to the New Mexico border, a distance equal to that of San Francisco to Los Angeles. They sliced the Austin area into such thin strips that an 8-mile stretch of I-35 that runs straight north of Austin now spans five congressional districts."
Current solar programs and laws in California are unlikely to fully eliminate fossil fuel dependence or significantly lower electricity costs for all consumers. Using valuable land for large solar farms is not the preferred approach. Deploying solar panels and storage batteries on every commercial and residential rooftop through state or federal programs at low cost to property owners would leverage existing grid connections and reduce the need for long-distance transmission infrastructure. Historical national infrastructure initiatives demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale rollout. Recent Texas redistricting produced extremely elongated congressional districts that divide urban areas across multiple districts.
Read at The Mercury News
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