Solar Support Across Party Lines

The Sunshine State loves solar, according to a new poll.

Solar showed strong support across party lines, according to the Mason-Dixon poll sponsored by the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association and the Vote Solar Initiative, both solar power advocates.

For more, see our sister blog, The Fueling Station.

-Asjylyn Loder, Times Staff Writer

Comments

[Brian]

We are the "SUNSHINE" state, so it is about time we harnassed that sunshine for some power. Solar and nuclear power and the future.

Survey Question #1

On a scale of 1-5, tell us how much you like the sun.

Thank you for taking the survey.

Solar, yes. Nuclear, not so much. What do you propose we do with the radio active waste turkey point emits? Not to mention what an eye soar that place is. When we make the shift to green energy we do it right, by taking nuclear energy off the table.

My property taxes didn't "drop like a rock."

My property insurance has more than doubled in 2 years.

PIP coverage went UP.

Cities and counties are raising fees and cutting services.

The Legislature gave itself a 3% raise last year and a week state-paid vacation in Boston.

State employees are the least paid in the nation and a member earns more in 60 days than the average state worker earns for the entire year.

Crist, Pruitt and Rubio REFUSE to tax fatcats for the stadium boxes.

Crist, Pruitt and Rubio REFUSE to reinstate the taxes on the rich.

Pruitt and Rubio COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE WORKING PEOPLE.

Crist insists on the ac in his office and at the Governor's mansion be set at 70 degrees.

Crist spent over $70,000 for a fuel cell for the mansion - gosh forbid that he shouldn't have ac during one of the numerous Tallahasse storms.

Crist spent thousands to get solar heaters installed for the swimming pool at the Governor's Mansion.

People in Tallahassee pay the HIGHEST utility rates in the state because the state doesn't pay property taxes.

Next November VOTE OUT ALL INCUBENTS

Florida actually does NOT get the most sunshine for solar energy in the nation. These folks should be careful with the facts.

[Campaign Manager]

What a meaningless discovery!

The question is not do we support solar power, because everyone supports clean, renewable energy.

The question is, will we change our political and consumer habits for it?

8:39:

You apparently didn't read the story on the So. Florida Business Journal site.

I believe you're referring to this quote that refers to Florida's "God-given advantage" and doesn't say "most":

"Germany and New Jersey are current leaders in solar energy, and one thing you can say about those places is that sunshine isn't as plentiful there as it is in Florida," said former Congresswoman Claudine Schneider, who serves as president of the Solar Alliance. "With its plentiful sunshine, Florida has a God-given advantage when it comes to solar energy. What's needed is a long-term commitment from policymakers."

While the state is not as sunny as New Mexico, Florida certainly gets more sun than Germany and New Jersey -- the two areas recognized as leaders in solar policy.

See page 7 of this report:

http://www.solar-alliance.org/public_resources/stanford_where_america.pdf

Ouch, 8:39: Get your facts straight!

[Tammy]

There is no such thing as global warming....Unless we start drilling off our coast and Alaska, gas will be $6.00 per gallon....The richest, greatest country in the world and we are being brought to our knees by "green" people...Call your Representatives in DC and demand that we be independent in our oil needs...NO country should dictate to US the oil they will "give" us....
We have all we need here...We need to start drilling for it - NOW!!!!

What is the cost to harness the power collected from Solar, for days when there is cloud cover and rain?

CC: I better Carole Rome is looking good laying out by the solar pool! I wonder what her husband is thinking.

Right now passive solar can augment peak demand. The solar panels that are curved and move with the sun can actively generate more on cloudy days, of course they are more expensive right now.

"With its plentiful sunshine, Florida has a God-given advantage when it comes to solar energy. What's needed is a long-term commitment from policymakers."

Yeah, and NYC is blessed with pigeon s*** so why don't they convert that to energy

man these green wackos crack me up

and to speak to the quote - gonna take a long-term commitment from policymakers, eh, well how about the citizens, don't they get a say or is it only the elected elites who get a say

It should be obvious when it costs $17
Billion to build a nuke that there are
no cheap solutions to the energy/oil
problems. However, come to the Pinellas Living Green Expo on May 3th &
4th at the Harborview Center in downtown Clearwater and see over 100 booths with practical ways to save energy, save money and save the environment.

[translator]

"Florida is a terrible place to use solar technology, it will never work"

Regards,

your friendly investor owned utility &
coal fired power plants

10:17 Thanks for letting people know that the solutions proposed by the "Green wackos" are not nearly the no-brainer obvious choices that they sometimes believe.

We need constant reminding that there will always be a sizable number of selfish, willfully ignorant ideologs around who will oppose positive changes right to up to the point where we hand the keys to the White House to Exxon Mobil and your beachfront mansion becomes a swimming pool. Not that people like you are stupid - you don't have that excuse.

Nuclear technology is clean now. the pebble bed reactor is the most efficient and cleanest way to produce energy.

Nukes are way too expensive and a poor, poor investment.

What happened to our concerns on terrorism- don't nuclear plants make us more vulnerable and less safe? Terrorists can't go and smash every solar panel on every house with a hammer- self-sufficiency has its positives.