Wind and solar energy combined with battery storage are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels. Make polluters pay to clean up the mess they created.
>>>>Wind and solar energy combined with battery storage are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels. Whether such a system will actually work depends on local geography and associated weather conditions. Weather dependent solar systems are the least productive means of generating electricity in norther tier climates, such as in the Great Lakes....and are nearly useless for reliable electricity during cloudy winter conditions.
@@asagady2552 Then you build more wind and use more small hydro and Geothermal. Plus there's new Titanate solar on the way 1000 times more efficient Lighter and cheaper, tougher, stable no silicon or short life Peroskite required . Essentially many thin films of compounds that can be sprayed or deposited to produce a high output cell. Using more of the available light energy.
Hilary and the DNC cheated in the primary, when it went to court they didn't even deny it and said the DNC is a private company that can do as it pleases and won their case. so that's president sanders as he would've crushed trump.
Bernie Sanders remains a person of integrity, principle, and genuine concern for the citizens of this nation. His service to our nation is remarkable and he will be remembered through the ages as a great man who advocated for humanity.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. Nice one. You should be a comedian. Don't get me wrong, I am very much in favor of renewable energy and EVs, I have solar backup and drive an EV. But Bernie?! LOL. The only thing Bernie cares about is Bernie.
@@muskrat3291Bernie has done more for this country than most. He represents those that usually have no voice, the poor and the environment. And while Republicans get rich by screwing over the little manand exploiting and selling out our prestige natural landscape, Bernie fights for both. Who do you think the super-rich are giving money to (both legally and illegally), those who want to raise their taxes or those that want to lower them. Only the extremely rich can afford corruption, and do you think they will help politicians to get rich who want to take away more of their money to give to the poor? Nature cannot afford lobbyism or corruption, and neither can poor people. So voting for those who want to raise the taxes for those with a lot of money is always a good idea to stop corruption
The problem with Boiny is that he's surrounded by useful idiots who share his ideology. Not a good look when they are looting, burning, and killing cities. How's that good for anything.
To that person who says we should not lead the world in changing our energy system away from fossil fuels, you should know they are not only threatening the well-being of our environment, they are threatening our rightful place, America's Rightful Place, as the World leader in Innovation.
The EPA has a breakdown of all 60 award distributions from Solar for All, on their site. I was able to find one for my state, and see what the organization plans to do with that funding. Thanks, Bernie.
@@Terrathrax Two things can be true. A pathetic, tiny portion of our taxes goes to actually helping the needy. The rest is handouts for the very richest among us, who make billions from exploiting people and resources on this planet. The former benefits our real economy. The latter is simply a giant vacuum cleaner in the sky, sucking up all that it can, middle class be damned.
Solar isn’t just about climate change, it’s about self-sufficiency, resilience, redundancy. The electrical grid is old and poorly maintained, vulnerable to environmental impacts as well as terrorist threats, not to mention demand spikes that are causing more brownouts and blackouts every year.
Fully agree. Even tho climate change is very much real, those who deny it's existence can't argue that taking pressure off the current power grid would be amazing. Please look into aptera! It's a vehicle that can run on solar energy alone for ~30-40 miles/day (perfect for most working class people going to/from work) and could be plugged in for longer trips!
Solar is good, except in California, our electric companies are allowed by CPUC to punish customers with solar claiming those have solar are being subsidized by the poor. But they don’t talk about their guaranteed profits and allowed to waste money because they can keep raising rates every year.
Yeps! Vote Blue to save Democracy, but vote Progressive and locally to effect positive change. 😊 We can build Horizontal Power from the ground up, and push aside these archaic Hierarchical Power systems of oppression. The National Popular Vote is one step towards a more Direct Democracy, and away from Hierarchy.
@@aylbdrmadison1051exactly, don't withhold your vote because you don't agree with each and every single policy that the Biden Administation pushes. SOME of them are better than nothing, which is the alternative. But local government is way more likely to put the pressure on the Biden Administation to make the changes that local people want. VOTE!
They should have gotten trillions of dollars of funding. Solar for all ???? For only 900,000 people ??? Your program needs trillions ! It is a win for everything you just said. But your program needs more money. Good for Vermont ! Hello from Arizona you are blessed. Arizona will never receive such a wonderful program. There is just not enough money. Not in Arizona there isn't. We are the desert folk. God bless you people that live in the snow ! You have beautiful forests. You are blessed !!
From what I have seen a rooftop solar system in the US is very expensive. Here in Australia the cheapest 6.6 kW system is about $3,700 ($US 2,500) and a 13.3 kW system is about $6,700 ($US 4,300) installed. This is a result of the solar panel price having dropped about dramatically last year and is expected to fall again this year. About 1/3 of Australian households have rooftop solar and the uptake is expected to increase rapidly over the next few year.
Instead of purchasing several highly polluting aircraft carrier battle groups, we could have spent the ENTIRE Department of Offense's budget on The Solarfication of America - all of America. Not just 900,000 families. But the solar project would not use up the entire DOD budget (hidden, off the book projects included), so the rest could be used on buying back stock in America by reducing the debt. Solarfication would be just like how electricity was brought to rural America in the 1930s. Only with solar, the only cables you need are from your own solar array to your buildings that need power. This saves the cost of building an expensive network of wires across the country.
Sue I have good news for you. If you want solar energy but your housing situation does not allow for it for whatever reason (in your case the condo association) then you should look into companies like Ripple energy. Their strategy is to put the ownership of large scale energy plants for renewables into the hands of communities. I.e. the renewable power plant is partly financed by the community in exchange for an equivalent of shares in the company. That way you the consumer get to have your own renewable energy. You can be part of large scale COLLECTIVE ACTION and save on your energy bill ❤ If that sounds enticing to you: look into it.
Thanks Bernie. Wish you were running for president this year. We’d have less inequality, injustices, pollution & war in a few years & humanity might have a better chance of survival instead of the psychos in charge at the moment 🙏🌍🌱
I'm getting solar. Parts and labor should cost around $15,000 for what I'm getting. The corporation is charging $30k because they can, and that's still one of the better prices around. Then because I don't have $30k sitting in the bank I have to get a loan, that means my $15k solar setup is going to cost around $45 grand. It'll still save me money in the long run, electricity is expensive here, but it's still stupid how expensive profit seeking corpos have made it.
@@rack9458 the 40% tax cut isn't the answer, that's for sure. it was just a give away to the corporate sector and the rich. the same sector that benefits from climate change denial.
Maybe we can start with not screwing with the weather. You know like seeding clouds making it rain in the desert. So people can live there. Maybe populate areas of more abundant resources for the population.
@@jensonee Trying to close the recycling loop and do more with less is about ALL we can do.. If we could accomplish that in our lifetime that would be great.
I hope the issues with going solar has been covered. I worry about the repairs, replacement, and certainly the batteries. Everyone says that you need a new system every 15 to 20 years.
How about a solar powered national car charging station network? If it’s setup correctly the power is free and if it’s built with our taxes then we’d charge free. That’d be a good incentive to get an electric vehicle to replace the smoker. It would drive a huge shift away from burning.
Right now, the only thing stopping the development of a national charging network is the strain it will put on the current infrastructure. The good news is, if this solar panel program works, and a large portion of Americans have solar on their roof, it will start to offset the burden, making it easier to move forward with building the charging services we need to replace gasoline stations.
In a round about way it is just doing that. If an EV gets charged by the privately owned rooftop solar it won't be the extra load on the grid. That way the grid gets extra time to accommodate the grid and your wishes. Be smart don't begrudge others if you can't have yours when you know it's going the right [your] way
I won't lie, I'm concerned about the "for working class families part" of your announcement. I often find my household excluded from the benefits of such programs because I'm not poor "enough", we make too much to qualify my spouse for medical assistance, and I make way, way too little to get the breaks that actual wealthy people get. I'm trying to find more information about the program to see if it will help me at all. I want solar SO much, but have to replace my roof and make other major improvements to my very old house and just do not have the cash to do it on my own.
Yeah, it's a really unfortunate grey area that exists economically right now. Hopefully pretty soon support will expand, but I'm unfortunately not too optimistic. All the more reason to go out and protest!
For a while now, roofs have been beeing replaced by insurance companies. They are getting mad and dropping people now. Starting to feel like there is an unspoken crisis regarding affordable home repair too.
Our former landscaper, told us he was unable to buy panels but found he could rent them from tesla, cutting his power bill in half, even with the cost of rental included. He also bought an electric ford lightning pickup truck, which can provide electrical backup (like a generator) in the event of power outages. I havent called tesla to verify, but might be worth your time (and ours) to look into it
Solar panels are cheap. What makes solar power work is batteries, which are improving and lowering in cost. The main impediment to solar adoption is greedy contractors who promote grid tie systems. The permitting and expensive equipment drive the price up which is great for those who double the cost for their labor. DIY off-grid can start small paying cash and scale up without dealing with those who own your financed grid-tie systems for 25 years.
This is great… but I’m not sure if it is necessary at all. The part where Bernie said that it cost $10-$20,000 upfront is not true. We are in average income household and have had two solar systems on two different houses and each time we sign a few pieces of paper and cups to install on the house without needing any money upfront whatsoever. I am all for the expansion of renewal energies. Anybody can get a solar system for that electricity bill for.
Apples and oranges. You’re renting your solar. He’s talking about buying it. I’ve done both and he’s about right on in my particular housing market. Just because you can find an exception doesn’t mean that the statements in general are incorrect.
Now add some clauses or legislation to put supremacy clause in effect - make it so any home owner associations, historical districts, etc, and any municipal regs inhibiting solar are null and void.
I completely agree. You might love the company Aptera, which is currently making an electric vehicle that won't need to be plugged in because it has solar panels that take in 30-40 miles worth of energy every day. This would be perfect for people like me who live in apartment complexes and can't just plug in every night.
In Poland we had a program to help people buy houses. The prices of houses went up right after the program started. I wonder if the same happen to the price of solar in USA.
@@Chris-bg8mk I know the difference. And economics proffesors are linking the two. Of course everything is not 1 and 0, but there is strong link between the two.
@@Chris-bg8mk Learn economics - supply and demand. If there is more supply of cheap credit(government program), and finite amount of houses to buy, then the price of houses will go up. That in turn can stimulate hausing market - but it doesnt change the fact that prices will go up initially.
I believe this like 4 years ago concerning raising disabled people up to poverty. Well instead it only got so much worse. Talk is cheap but ya don't fool me
I'd like to know about all the hidden costs for solar panels, like how much does it cost to safely dispose of them? They are made with toxic materials that are harmful for the environment and biodiversity, and also use fossil fuels to be made. Why are big companies allowed to use fossil fuels to make more and more money,but the average citizen shouldn't use fossil fuels to save money? I simply don't get it.
@@jimmylieb5225 And you are a "clean energy" lobbyist?! Everything I said it's true, but they don't tell you that. When you buy solar though, they will point out that it won't be as efficient in a few years, and you will have to in 10 to 20 years buy a new one, and dispose of the old one and pay for it. What else is there they don't mention? The truth is, Americans who are comfy with their budgets have become spoiled. You can ask poor and low income families, that can't afford air conditioners. But we know lobbyists don't care about them! I remember the 90es and even the 2000s, not much has changed in climate since then. What has changed is a lot of people have air conditioners and forgot how hard it was when you had to work the fields all day long sweating your butt off, or just sitting in your room with the fan on and trying not to move and still sweating. No, it's not the same in every country every year. When some countries had fires, others had floodings. When some countries had freezing temps, others had mild winters. Come on! Scientists have always had different opinions about "climate change". Can at least the poor and low income families have a choice?
The world looks up to technology advancements and adoption. With solar the business model has gone in sales mode and not much research and development. Developing renewable energy as structural is only way to come out of the stagnation. The number of people who are willing to risk putting solar on roof top and the whole headache of removing and reinstalling when roof need repair, has peaked. You will not get any more to sign up. Make solar and if possible renewable as structural. For example, you don't install roof if you are putting solar on the roof. The solar is the roof!
Bernie doesn't just talk the talk: he walks the walk. Several years ago he installed solar on his home. I hope that next he'll trade in his old Chevrolet Sonic for one of the EV models.
Yes, we need to provide this for ALL low-income families. Too many people are associating renewable energy with the one percent, Tesla, and Elon Musk. It should not be thought of as something that is out of reach and only for a select few. Solar and battery storage has dropped in price significantly to the point where in the near future for certain hours of the day, electricity will be completely free, if not, incredibly cheap.
Climate change and rising sea levels will make properties in low lying areas and coastal areas impossible to insure. Banks will be reluctant to give a mortgage for 15 or 30 years because the property may be under water. Selling properties to average buyers will become impossible in the future as banks and mortgage companies stop making loans for these properties. Coastal areas are a high risk for insurance and extreme weather like hurricanes. People will have to self insure and take the risk of loss. Condo associations are losing their insurance and if they find a new higher cost policy they will be passing on the higher costs to association members. Flooded cars from hurricanes were filling the salvage lots. Insurance companies will raise rates and pass on the costs and risks to policy holders next year. Coastal properties will be confined to wealthy individuals that can buy properties with cash and self insure for losses from hurricanes or rising sea levels.
Badass. Can you recommend a good setup for off grid? Right now it's just wife and I in our 5th wheel. We have a well, septic. Plan on a barn someday. What all would we need?
if they can give 95 billion plus to ukraine israel taiwan etc etc plus what they have already spent on migrants so on and so on then they should give each american free solar plus free health care plus free college etc etc...but they will always choose to help and bail out automotive companies banks etc etc...i am sick of this shit...
What percentage of our budget is that Tim? Do the math. It’s minuscule. It’s your world, if you don’t like it here, move! Oh but wait, then you’d be an immigrant. Horror! 🤣
@@Chris-bg8mk ok i took what you said under consideration but i still think this is bullshit...i am anti war and i think we would be better off helping our own.if you disagree with that so be it ,.you can move to ukraine and take up arms...
I'm favoured, Getting my own Truck has always been my Dream for my business. I just acquired 2 recently, earning $37K weekly has been really helpful. I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support Charity Organizations.
YES! That's exactly her name (Janice Webb Lavin) I watched her interview on CNN News and so many people recommended highly about her and her trading skills.❤️
The money for solar is a wonderful start, but only a start. Local communities and utility companies have not yet gotten on board. They have not been following through with timely engineering and electrical approvals on permits, even when no changes have been required. In addition, local electrical utilities have required a change in the existing meter to a new solar metering system. I have always loved solar power, but I won't pretend to know how to do these men's jobs. I do know that it only took one day to install my solar panels. However, it has taken the city engineers and utility company almost a year to complete the rest of the task of hooking my panels up to the grid, and it's still not done. I'm still struggling to pay outrageous electrical bills, while my panels are just sitting wasting potential on my rooftop. It's very frustrating.
Wouldn’t money be better spent doing large commercial solar projects with battery storage and improving the grid? That would lower the cost for everyone not just homeowners. In addition there’s been a lot of fraud reported perpetrated towards less savvy homeowners.
How would those benefit the poor? Nuclear is way more expensive [always over budget] would take about 10 years to build AND why not do both if type 4 is as good as you suggest. There are a million of solutions but we DO have to implement them. Playing one against the other will only drown both.
Also, Bernie is wrong about crop yields. Warming plus adaptation is associated with a 13% increase in low latitude rice and high latitude wheat harvests.
Crops Moderate warming and increased carbon dioxide can help some plants grow faster, but more severe warming, floods, and drought reduce yields. Climate change can also lower the nutritional quality of crops by diluting the protein content, vitamins, zinc, and iron. Livestock Livestock may be at risk from heat stress and reduced quality of their food supply. Fisheries Changes in water temperature can make waters more hospitable to invasive species and shift the ranges or lifecycle timing of certain fish species. Productivity is expected to decrease for about half of fisheries worldwide as a result of climate change impacts. Water Rising temperatures accelerate evapotranspiration from plants and soils, and areas of the world that are already water-constrained will increasingly experience adverse impacts on agricultural production through diminishing water supplies
The thing with solar is everybody runs out of it at the same time, so then they need a surge of electricity from some other source that has to be up and running and ready to power a city.
Despite all the financial struggles i and my family faced, everything is finally falling into place! $47,000 weekly profit and riches I'll always praise the Lord
Such a genuine personality!!, Sincerely speaking. I will continue to trade and stick to Angela Danielle daily signals and guides as long as it works well for me🇮🇪😇😇
You and I are old enough to remember the 1970's new ice age was coming. The science is not settled. We know so little about the climate. We know much more than we did. Not enough to cause the hysteria you rea causing
Such a genuine personality!!, Sincerely speaking. I will continue to trade and stick to Angela Danielle daily signals and guides as long as it works well for me🇮🇪😇😇
Love you Bernie!!!! Please look into Aptera, the only vehicle that can go without gas or being plugged in. The future is in alternative energy, and solar energy is an untapped source!
Wind and solar energy combined with battery storage are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels.
Make polluters pay to clean up the mess they created.
>>>>Wind and solar energy combined with battery storage are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels.
Whether such a system will actually work depends on local geography
and associated weather conditions. Weather dependent solar systems
are the least productive means of generating electricity in norther tier
climates, such as in the Great Lakes....and are nearly useless for reliable
electricity during cloudy winter conditions.
@@asagady2552
Then you build more wind and use more small hydro and Geothermal.
Plus there's new Titanate solar on the way 1000 times more efficient Lighter and cheaper, tougher, stable no silicon or short life Peroskite required . Essentially many thin films of compounds that can be sprayed or deposited to produce a high output cell. Using more of the available light energy.
Wind, Solar, Hydro can power the entire country alone.
Really bold leadership. He should be president or something.
Hilary and the DNC cheated in the primary, when it went to court they didn't even deny it and said the DNC is a private company that can do as it pleases and won their case. so that's president sanders as he would've crushed trump.
Are you on drugs? or just mentality ill?
Bernie Sanders remains a person of integrity, principle, and genuine concern for the citizens of this nation. His service to our nation is remarkable and he will be remembered through the ages as a great man who advocated for humanity.
How? He is a man a custom to working with rhetoric with a theme that gets him in the public light.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. Nice one. You should be a comedian. Don't get me wrong, I am very much in favor of renewable energy and EVs, I have solar backup and drive an EV. But Bernie?! LOL. The only thing Bernie cares about is Bernie.
@@muskrat3291Bernie has done more for this country than most. He represents those that usually have no voice, the poor and the environment. And while Republicans get rich by screwing over the little manand exploiting and selling out our prestige natural landscape, Bernie fights for both. Who do you think the super-rich are giving money to (both legally and illegally), those who want to raise their taxes or those that want to lower them. Only the extremely rich can afford corruption, and do you think they will help politicians to get rich who want to take away more of their money to give to the poor? Nature cannot afford lobbyism or corruption, and neither can poor people. So voting for those who want to raise the taxes for those with a lot of money is always a good idea to stop corruption
The problem with Boiny is that he's surrounded by useful idiots who share his ideology. Not a good look when they are looting, burning, and killing cities.
How's that good for anything.
@@l-dogtheman1685 Ask not what you can do for the country. Ask only what you can do. How can you help The Bernie?
To that person who says we should not lead the world in changing our energy system away from fossil fuels, you should know they are not only threatening the well-being of our environment, they are threatening our rightful place, America's Rightful Place, as the World leader in Innovation.
The EPA has a breakdown of all 60 award distributions from Solar for All, on their site. I was able to find one for my state, and see what the organization plans to do with that funding. Thanks, Bernie.
I looked up my state (CT) and the benefits only seem to apply to the "disadvantaged" people. And so does the middle class get shafted?
@@Terrathrax Two things can be true. A pathetic, tiny portion of our taxes goes to actually helping the needy. The rest is handouts for the very richest among us, who make billions from exploiting people and resources on this planet.
The former benefits our real economy. The latter is simply a giant vacuum cleaner in the sky, sucking up all that it can, middle class be damned.
Solar isn’t just about climate change, it’s about self-sufficiency, resilience, redundancy. The electrical grid is old and poorly maintained, vulnerable to environmental impacts as well as terrorist threats, not to mention demand spikes that are causing more brownouts and blackouts every year.
Fully agree. Even tho climate change is very much real, those who deny it's existence can't argue that taking pressure off the current power grid would be amazing. Please look into aptera! It's a vehicle that can run on solar energy alone for ~30-40 miles/day (perfect for most working class people going to/from work) and could be plugged in for longer trips!
@@Gailsla10
They control the weather
Solar is good, except in California, our electric companies are allowed by CPUC to punish customers with solar claiming those have solar are being subsidized by the poor. But they don’t talk about their guaranteed profits and allowed to waste money because they can keep raising rates every year.
Thank you Bernie, for always doing the right thing.
Bernie- one of just a few American politicians who actually work for Americans best interests. Thank you Bernie!
Yeps! Vote Blue to save Democracy, but vote Progressive and locally to effect positive change. 😊
We can build Horizontal Power from the ground up, and push aside these archaic Hierarchical Power systems of oppression. The National Popular Vote is one step towards a more Direct Democracy, and away from Hierarchy.
Just a lying old gasbag
@@aylbdrmadison1051exactly, don't withhold your vote because you don't agree with each and every single policy that the Biden Administation pushes. SOME of them are better than nothing, which is the alternative. But local government is way more likely to put the pressure on the Biden Administation to make the changes that local people want. VOTE!
This time I’m voting for Kennedy
@@jmatt98 yeah, sure you are.
Bernie is our national treasure !
Normalize Medicare For All, Ⓐctive tenant’s unions☭ and housing co-ops. America🇺🇸is the only major country on Earth without universal healthcare.🚑🏥🏡
Keep being you !!
What about China? They don’t have universal healthcare
Love you Bernie ❤you will be remembered forever 😊
you should try and remember the stuff hes saying, right now, and also forever.
They should have gotten trillions of dollars of funding. Solar for all ????
For only 900,000 people ???
Your program needs trillions !
It is a win for everything you just said.
But your program needs more money.
Good for Vermont !
Hello from Arizona you are blessed.
Arizona will never receive such a wonderful program.
There is just not enough money. Not in Arizona there isn't.
We are the desert folk.
God bless you people that live in the snow !
You have beautiful forests.
You are blessed !!
thank you for your efforts, Mr.Sanders.
Community based power sharing can help make the grid more resilient too.
From what I have seen a rooftop solar system in the US is very expensive. Here in Australia the cheapest 6.6 kW system is about $3,700 ($US 2,500) and a 13.3 kW system is about $6,700 ($US 4,300) installed. This is a result of the solar panel price having dropped about dramatically last year and is expected to fall again this year. About 1/3 of Australian households have rooftop solar and the uptake is expected to increase rapidly over the next few year.
What supplier is selling a 13kw system that cheap? Not including labor, just materials?
WTH! re: "6.6kW system is about...$US 2,500." NO way a new turn-key PV sys. can be I installed at this price.👀
@@solartime8983 This guy is clueless! He must think no one has internet access.
I respect Bernie Sanders.
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Thank you Bernie simply wonderful❤
When is my section 8 low income apartment gonna get solar? I could use the extra money
You are already being subsidized. What makes you think you would get paid for some else's investment?
@@rack9458 it's a joke
Work more, RUclips less, more money.
Nice troll. Lol
I'm so excited Bernie is finally making all these things happen!
Instead of purchasing several highly polluting aircraft carrier battle groups, we could have spent the ENTIRE Department of Offense's budget on The Solarfication of America - all of America. Not just 900,000 families. But the solar project would not use up the entire DOD budget (hidden, off the book projects included), so the rest could be used on buying back stock in America by reducing the debt.
Solarfication would be just like how electricity was brought to rural America in the 1930s. Only with solar, the only cables you need are from your own solar array to your buildings that need power. This saves the cost of building an expensive network of wires across the country.
We're still with you, Bernie!
Go Bernie. Our condo association will not let us have it. I definitely want solar panels. Help us make them.
Sue I have good news for you. If you want solar energy but your housing situation does not allow for it for whatever reason (in your case the condo association) then you should look into companies like Ripple energy. Their strategy is to put the ownership of large scale energy plants for renewables into the hands of communities. I.e. the renewable power plant is partly financed by the community in exchange for an equivalent of shares in the company. That way you the consumer get to have your own renewable energy. You can be part of large scale COLLECTIVE ACTION and save on your energy bill ❤
If that sounds enticing to you: look into it.
Exactly!
Excellent! Thank you Senator Sanders!
Thanks Bernie. Wish you were running for president this year. We’d have less inequality, injustices, pollution & war in a few years & humanity might have a better chance of survival instead of the psychos in charge at the moment 🙏🌍🌱
I'm getting solar. Parts and labor should cost around $15,000 for what I'm getting. The corporation is charging $30k because they can, and that's still one of the better prices around. Then because I don't have $30k sitting in the bank I have to get a loan, that means my $15k solar setup is going to cost around $45 grand.
It'll still save me money in the long run, electricity is expensive here, but it's still stupid how expensive profit seeking corpos have made it.
unreal that so few of us understand the seriousness of climate change.
Yes, it's serious. The debate is about what can be done to reverse or atleast slow its progress. Govt collecting more money isn't the answer
@@rack9458 the 40% tax cut isn't the answer, that's for sure. it was just a give away to the corporate sector and the rich. the same sector that benefits from climate change denial.
Maybe we can start with not screwing with the weather. You know like seeding clouds making it rain in the desert. So people can live there. Maybe populate areas of more abundant resources for the population.
@@chasl3645 or, just maybe, by not polluting the atmosphere and the ocean with co2. not destroying forests. not consuming in mass quantities.
@@jensonee Trying to close the recycling loop and do more with less is about ALL we can do.. If we could accomplish that in our lifetime that would be great.
I hope the issues with going solar has been covered. I worry about the repairs, replacement, and certainly the batteries.
Everyone says that you need a new system every 15 to 20 years.
Gotta love that solar, can't even sell my house because none of the buyers want it...
The Best President we never had! Thank you, Bernie for your hard work on behalf of us regular folks!
Solar energy is great potential that still under study and under progress. Much more improvement is necessary.
How about a solar powered national car charging station network? If it’s setup correctly the power is free and if it’s built with our taxes then we’d charge free. That’d be a good incentive to get an electric vehicle to replace the smoker. It would drive a huge shift away from burning.
Right now, the only thing stopping the development of a national charging network is the strain it will put on the current infrastructure.
The good news is, if this solar panel program works, and a large portion of Americans have solar on their roof, it will start to offset the burden, making it easier to move forward with building the charging services we need to replace gasoline stations.
In a round about way it is just doing that. If an EV gets charged by the privately owned rooftop solar it won't be the extra load on the grid. That way the grid gets extra time to accommodate the grid and your wishes. Be smart don't begrudge others if you can't have yours when you know it's going the right [your] way
Never happened free never
so how do I find this free solar for all. As for where I'm located there are only people trying to get me to finance $25,000
Nothing is free
Damn it Bernie should have been President.Thank you Bernie!
The country would be so much better off if Bernie was elected President.
Yep. Thanks Hillary and the Democratic Party establishment for depriving this country of a truly great leader.
DNC bought him off with a lake house
I won't lie, I'm concerned about the "for working class families part" of your announcement. I often find my household excluded from the benefits of such programs because I'm not poor "enough", we make too much to qualify my spouse for medical assistance, and I make way, way too little to get the breaks that actual wealthy people get.
I'm trying to find more information about the program to see if it will help me at all. I want solar SO much, but have to replace my roof and make other major improvements to my very old house and just do not have the cash to do it on my own.
Sounds like you’re going to be eligible they
Yeah, it's a really unfortunate grey area that exists economically right now. Hopefully pretty soon support will expand, but I'm unfortunately not too optimistic. All the more reason to go out and protest!
For a while now, roofs have been beeing replaced by insurance companies. They are getting mad and dropping people now. Starting to feel like there is an unspoken crisis regarding affordable home repair too.
Our former landscaper, told us he was unable to buy panels but found he could rent them from tesla, cutting his power bill in half, even with the cost of rental included. He also bought an electric ford lightning pickup truck, which can provide electrical backup (like a generator) in the event of power outages. I havent called tesla to verify, but might be worth your time (and ours) to look into it
Solar panels are cheap. What makes solar power work is batteries, which are improving and lowering in cost.
The main impediment to solar adoption is greedy contractors who promote grid tie systems. The permitting and expensive equipment drive the price up which is great for those who double the cost for their labor.
DIY off-grid can start small paying cash and scale up without dealing with those who own your financed grid-tie systems for 25 years.
This is great… but I’m not sure if it is necessary at all. The part where Bernie said that it cost $10-$20,000 upfront is not true. We are in average income household and have had two solar systems on two different houses and each time we sign a few pieces of paper and cups to install on the house without needing any money upfront whatsoever. I am all for the expansion of renewal energies. Anybody can get a solar system for that electricity bill for.
Apples and oranges. You’re renting your solar. He’s talking about buying it. I’ve done both and he’s about right on in my particular housing market. Just because you can find an exception doesn’t mean that the statements in general are incorrect.
I wonder how the electric utilities are going to deal with this?
I hope something is done to streamline installs so that state and local agencies don't get in the way.
Bernie, solar costs like 60k for me. Why am I getting ripped off over here if the costs are 10-20k?
We are proud of you, Bernie!
Not really
This man deserves the statue and memoir that will be built of him one day. Best fuckin thing that’s happened in the US in decades. 🎉
No more for you 😜
Now add some clauses or legislation to put supremacy clause in effect - make it so any home owner associations, historical districts, etc, and any municipal regs inhibiting solar are null and void.
solar for apartments needs to be a thing
I completely agree. You might love the company Aptera, which is currently making an electric vehicle that won't need to be plugged in because it has solar panels that take in 30-40 miles worth of energy every day. This would be perfect for people like me who live in apartment complexes and can't just plug in every night.
In Poland we had a program to help people buy houses. The prices of houses went up right after the program started. I wonder if the same happen to the price of solar in USA.
Correlation vs causality? Learn the difference. It matters.
@@Chris-bg8mk I know the difference. And economics proffesors are linking the two. Of course everything is not 1 and 0, but there is strong link between the two.
@@Chris-bg8mk Learn economics - supply and demand.
If there is more supply of cheap credit(government program), and finite amount of houses to buy, then the price of houses will go up. That in turn can stimulate hausing market - but it doesnt change the fact that prices will go up initially.
Very cool! I wish it was easier to find info on how to use this program and more info for RV owners.
Cheers to Bernie Sanders and President Biden for this ! Let us all contribute to the real results this fall!!
I believe this like 4 years ago concerning raising disabled people up to poverty. Well instead it only got so much worse.
Talk is cheap but ya don't fool me
Hear hear
I'd like to know about all the hidden costs for solar panels, like how much does it cost to safely dispose of them? They are made with toxic materials that are harmful for the environment and biodiversity, and also use fossil fuels to be made. Why are big companies allowed to use fossil fuels to make more and more money,but the average citizen shouldn't use fossil fuels to save money? I simply don't get it.
let me guess. U R a fossil fuel lobbyist?!
@@jimmylieb5225 And you are a "clean energy" lobbyist?! Everything I said it's true, but they don't tell you that. When you buy solar though, they will point out that it won't be as efficient in a few years, and you will have to in 10 to 20 years buy a new one, and dispose of the old one and pay for it. What else is there they don't mention? The truth is, Americans who are comfy with their budgets have become spoiled. You can ask poor and low income families, that can't afford air conditioners. But we know lobbyists don't care about them! I remember the 90es and even the 2000s, not much has changed in climate since then. What has changed is a lot of people have air conditioners and forgot how hard it was when you had to work the fields all day long sweating your butt off, or just sitting in your room with the fan on and trying not to move and still sweating. No, it's not the same in every country every year. When some countries had fires, others had floodings. When some countries had freezing temps, others had mild winters. Come on! Scientists have always had different opinions about "climate change". Can at least the poor and low income families have a choice?
Make solar a Veteran benefit.
Just saying I want to go solar but cant on my veterans disability check.
@@ElectroOverlordI agree wholeheartedly. And why aren't they installing solar panels on new construction?
Only if you support Renewables & Nuclear Power are you serious at stopping Climate Boiling.
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If we didn't have a gigantic tree shading our roof, we would have them. I wish the efficiency of the panels was higher, but better than nothing.
The world looks up to technology advancements and adoption. With solar the business model has gone in sales mode and not much research and development. Developing renewable energy as structural is only way to come out of the stagnation. The number of people who are willing to risk putting solar on roof top and the whole headache of removing and reinstalling when roof need repair, has peaked. You will not get any more to sign up.
Make solar and if possible renewable as structural. For example, you don't install roof if you are putting solar on the roof. The solar is the roof!
Bernie doesn't just talk the talk: he walks the walk. Several years ago he installed solar on his home. I hope that next he'll trade in his old Chevrolet Sonic for one of the EV models.
Vermont loves you, Bernie!💓
You must be from southern Vermont. A lot more like Massachusetts than Vermont
Northern Vermont LOVES you Bernie!
@@Chris-bg8mk Burlington loves apartheid!
I miss your rallies! ❤😭❤️
Yes, we need to provide this for ALL low-income families. Too many people are associating renewable energy with the one percent, Tesla, and Elon Musk. It should not be thought of as something that is out of reach and only for a select few. Solar and battery storage has dropped in price significantly to the point where in the near future for certain hours of the day, electricity will be completely free, if not, incredibly cheap.
Who is rolling this program out? There are so many scams out there. Make sure you know what you are signing up for. Ask a lot of questions.
yeah bern go jump into your solar powered sports car. and try to run your mansion on solar power, ahhhhh, it doesn't work
Thank you for everything that you do.
Why wasn't there info how to be on list?
Borrow more money so few can benefit. That's the US government way to do things now
Climate change and rising sea levels will make properties in low lying areas and coastal areas impossible to insure. Banks will be reluctant to give a mortgage for 15 or 30 years because the property may be under water. Selling properties to average buyers will become impossible in the future as banks and mortgage companies stop making loans for these properties. Coastal areas are a high risk for insurance and extreme weather like hurricanes. People will have to self insure and take the risk of loss. Condo associations are losing their insurance and if they find a new higher cost policy they will be passing on the higher costs to association members. Flooded cars from hurricanes were filling the salvage lots. Insurance companies will raise rates and pass on the costs and risks to policy holders next year. Coastal properties will be confined to wealthy individuals that can buy properties with cash and self insure for losses from hurricanes or rising sea levels.
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100% of my electricity comes from my solar system for 7 years
Nice!
Badass. Can you recommend a good setup for off grid?
Right now it's just wife and I in our 5th wheel.
We have a well, septic. Plan on a barn someday.
What all would we need?
Buy Victron solar controller -zero problems @@JacobShodin
if they can give 95 billion plus to ukraine israel taiwan etc etc plus what they have already spent on migrants so on and so on then they should give each american free solar plus free health care plus free college etc etc...but they will always choose to help and bail out automotive companies banks etc etc...i am sick of this shit...
Well, you know what they say, protest, vote, get in touch with local representatives, educate yourself and others, become an activist
What about the fossil fuel industry getting billions of pounds/dollars in subsidies every year, and yet their profits get bigger and bigger each year.
What percentage of our budget is that Tim? Do the math. It’s minuscule. It’s your world, if you don’t like it here, move! Oh but wait, then you’d be an immigrant. Horror! 🤣
everyone is...
@@Chris-bg8mk ok i took what you said under consideration but i still think this is bullshit...i am anti war and i think we would be better off helping our own.if you disagree with that so be it ,.you can move to ukraine and take up arms...
Bernie Sanders is the Best!
Keep fighting Bernie! It's good to see a politician that I can trust and cares about issues that matter. Should have been president long ago.
I'm favoured, Getting my own Truck has always been my Dream for my business. I just acquired 2 recently, earning $37K weekly has been really helpful. I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support Charity Organizations.
Hello how do you make such weekly ??
I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.
Thanks to Janice Webb Lavin.
She's a licensed broker here in the states
YES! That's exactly her name (Janice Webb Lavin) I watched her interview on CNN News and so many people recommended highly about her and her trading skills.❤️
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The money for solar is a wonderful start, but only a start. Local communities and utility companies have not yet gotten on board. They have not been following through with timely engineering and electrical approvals on permits, even when no changes have been required. In addition, local electrical utilities have required a change in the existing meter to a new solar metering system. I have always loved solar power, but I won't pretend to know how to do these men's jobs. I do know that it only took one day to install my solar panels. However, it has taken the city engineers and utility company almost a year to complete the rest of the task of hooking my panels up to the grid, and it's still not done. I'm still struggling to pay outrageous electrical bills, while my panels are just sitting wasting potential on my rooftop. It's very frustrating.
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#Bernie2024
God Bless You, Bernie! very honorable work, Mr. Senator! :)
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Now Medicare for all Bernie!
Solar should be on vehicles as well, even to just keep batteries charged.
Starting and drive batteries!
I totally agree with you. Even if it's on a separate battery system. Enough for emergencies, and start up of systems.
You should check out the Aptera!
Tell Elon
🙋♀️Bernie Sanders
This felt like one of those perpetual motion videos... they keep telling you how awesome it is, but never actually tell you anything about it.
First. Sorry I had to do it, it's a Bernie video.
$7 billion lol we just sent $20 billion to Israel yesterday
Wouldn’t money be better spent doing large commercial solar projects with battery storage and improving the grid? That would lower the cost for everyone not just homeowners. In addition there’s been a lot of fraud reported perpetrated towards less savvy homeowners.
Type four nuclear reactors are what we should be using
How would those benefit the poor? Nuclear is way more expensive [always over budget] would take about 10 years to build AND why not do both if type 4 is as good as you suggest. There are a million of solutions but we DO have to implement them. Playing one against the other will only drown both.
Also, Bernie is wrong about crop yields. Warming plus adaptation is associated with a 13% increase in low latitude rice and high latitude wheat harvests.
Crops
Moderate warming and increased carbon dioxide can help some plants grow faster, but more severe warming, floods, and drought reduce yields. Climate change can also lower the nutritional quality of crops by diluting the protein content, vitamins, zinc, and iron.
Livestock
Livestock may be at risk from heat stress and reduced quality of their food supply.
Fisheries
Changes in water temperature can make waters more hospitable to invasive species and shift the ranges or lifecycle timing of certain fish species. Productivity is expected to decrease for about half of fisheries worldwide as a result of climate change impacts.
Water
Rising temperatures accelerate evapotranspiration from plants and soils, and areas of the world that are already water-constrained will increasingly experience adverse impacts on agricultural production through diminishing water supplies
The thing with solar is everybody runs out of it at the same time, so then they need a surge of electricity from some other source that has to be up and running and ready to power a city.
Thank you so much. Senator. You have kept up with the day to day work on the issues that affect us.
I wish he stays in congress until he is 100!!!
Funny that people will delete your comments if you have a factual rebuttal.
Despite all the financial struggles i and my family faced, everything is finally falling into place! $47,000 weekly profit and riches I'll always praise the Lord
Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Angela danielle crowe. What a coincidence!!
Angela Danielle has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's
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You and I are old enough to remember the 1970's new ice age was coming. The science is not settled. We know so little about the climate. We know much more than we did. Not enough to cause the hysteria you rea causing
I was born in 80 and when I was in school was all about acid rain. But I love that song both ends of the ozone burning yet the world keeps turning.
I'm favoured, $60k every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.
Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Angela danielle crowe. What a coincidence!!
Angela Danielle has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's
Such a genuine personality!!, Sincerely speaking. I will continue to trade and stick to Angela Danielle daily signals and guides as long as it works well for me🇮🇪😇😇
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Never give out personal or sensitive information online.
Christians love to scam.
Solar isn't gonna make it
We are with you Bernie ❤😊🇮🇪😀🍀
I suport Joe Biden, who knew that the green new deal was actually going to be called the "Inflation Reduction Act"
OR it was a fortunate and futuristic view : Saving the planet WILL reduce the inflation better than saving millionaires.
Good on you Bernie, what a great initiative
Thank you once again, Senator.
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Woo hoo!!!🎉
Thank you, Bernie! ❤
Love, Mother Earth 🌎
Thank you Bernie & President Biden. Now I can look into Solar panels for my home as they become more affordable.
Biden? Hapless do nothing...
Nice job sir! we need to hurry up and get cloning down, we are going to need some more of you sir........many of you.
Yes... Great idea❤
Love you Bernie!!!! Please look into Aptera, the only vehicle that can go without gas or being plugged in. The future is in alternative energy, and solar energy is an untapped source!