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Who pays for and distributes the wind generator and solar panels? I assume from your descriptive "New Deal" phrase that you contend the government put in an order (with a preceding open bid process) and then sell them to homeowners. This is impractical in the extreme brother ... follow me here. You get all these things made with a 10k price tag to the homeowner, and since it has to pass through the hands of government first, make that 12k. Only the top 1% or so of income earners can write a check for that (bare in mind the top 1% is an annual salary of $366,000 and above). Maybe the top 10% can make payments. And you can say, "hey, they were going to spend that dough anyway." Well, for you it may be practical, but what about all the retirees (as in FL) whom will do the math with their 80 degree thermostat setting and say, "its not worth it." Then the Democrats will come hand over fist handing out grants and subsidies to lower income peoples so that they can participate in "saving the planet too" (not assigning that phrase to you Jambo, but that's what they'll say). In other words its like buying a Honda Prias right now - its the equivalent. Now how many people with a car paid off, or even in a car still making payments have been inclined to trade their car in for a Prias in order to get the 50 mpg? Not many. Look, your idea is GREAT on paper, but that's where its inherent greatness starts and ends in my estimation. I have NO problem including it as an incentivized option for private citizens (via the tax code etc) if they are so inclined to purchase it from the private sector (read: no government bureaucratic middle man) as part of a comprehensive energy plan. But in my estimation, given the practicality (low income families, subsidised living, renters & lets not forget the government intervention in getting them to market), I see it as small potatoes, and but a tiny aspect of the overall energy policy I would push. And by the way, the energy crisis of 2008 and beyond is related to fuel costs, not home cooling and heating costs. I'm not saying your price hike isn't related in a macro way, or hurt your pocket book, I'm saying its not what's driving the need for an energy policy right now - the price per barrel of oil is, and your plan does little to nothing to directly impact that, thus it is relegated (in my book) to but a small aspect of a much broader energy policy which would put emphahsis on domestic drilling, nuclear plants, incentivizing existing technology (like that 110 mpg converter, clean coal, natural gas) etc ... and I still haven't received my dress pants & shirt. Think you can fit the post office in on the way to picking up The Champagne of Beers? Good thing I'm not waiting on a kidney or something .... sheeeeesh.