http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23394/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/usa-today-finds-home-solar-panels-not-cost-effective <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> News outlet profiles man who lost money installing the panels. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/mike-ciandella">Mike Ciandella</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Are solar panels are the way to a bright future of clean energy – or the way to an empty bank account?</p><p dir="ltr">On Aug. 14,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/14/solar-panels-government-waste/2653717/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29">USA Today</a>&nbsp;profiled a man who built solar panels in his backyard to demonstrate the inefficiency and high costs of solar energy as well as the taxpayer-funded government subsidies he got in the process.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/usa-today-finds-home-solar-panels-not-cost-effective" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Energy Environment Government cost energy Jeffrey Punton solar panels solar power subsidies USA Today Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:24:36 +0000 julia.seymour 44281 at http://archive2.mrc.org