Energy, Ethics and Feed-in Tariffs

After more than a year of researching and writing on feed-in tariffs (FITs), I’m still amazed at how many people haven’t heard of them — especially people who by right should be shouting the subject from the rooftops. I refer in general to environmental campaigners, but also to the “can-do” types who see in renewable energy a personal economic opportunity and/or a chance to relieve the pressure on the climate system.

These groups, among many others, should have gotten hold of the concept by now and demanded government action. It is worth noting though, especially for the U.S. audience, that the original feed-in law, PURPA, was invented in the U.S.

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