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Solar water Heaters for rural area families
$500,000,000.00 - 14 jobs - Energy Program
8% voted critical - 92% voted not critical - 1607 votes cast
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[edit] Points in Favor
Heating water is one of the largest draws of home energy use. Solar water heaters are a decades old, proven technology.
While the energy saved through the use of these heaters would be in the best interests of this country's security ... for most working Americans the initial investment of replacing an existing water heater with a solar water heater would be considered an extravagance. Since "tax credits" mean nothing if you don't have the money to buy the item in the first place, this money could actually allow for the conversion to these heaters and help this country on it's path to energy independence.
Also, the jobs created would seem to be more then those listed as you will also need people to manufacture and ship this quantity of heaters.
[edit] Points Against
Evacuated tube solar water heaters are already available commercially for those who care to install them. They are not all that expensive. E.g. http://www.beyondoilsolar.com/solar_water.htm If this were simply a tax credit, it is already available under the current tax structure. We need not add a subsidy on top of the credit. The present $2,000 tax credit will allow you to install a reasonable system if you in fact have that sort of disposable income.
A tax credit for the installation of solar water heaters would work better.