PV Gap

Thelma Said:

Why isn,t the Queensland & Australian government installing?

We Answered:

Thats a great idea, and seeing as it's an election year you would think both parties would be jumping at the chance to try and win over some more votes.

But they might be a bit short of money to do it due to the sheer number of Department of Housing propities around Australia

Kenneth Said:

Grants for my Home in Queensland?

We Answered:

The Earth4Energy kit suggests one of those popular alternative energy devices that prove to drop home energy costs by 50-80%. The kit also shares information on where to purchase free batteries required for your project. These batteries store the alternative energy making it a portable energy resource. You can take them anywhere, for any use!

Gladys Said:

Why isn,t the Queensland & Australian government installing?

We Answered:

How many houses do department of housing actually build or own?
Would it actually be fesible to instal such features or is it likely they would get vandalised/destroyed very quickly? To be honest i have no idea....perhaps because the government has a pretty poor environmental policy, or one that is not very realistic or ambitious?

Lee Said:

need help figuring out how much energy is needed for this?

We Answered:

At my work I performed a Green Survey of North Queensland homes including what their annual power bill was. For a home of this size the answer would be $2000-$3000. Try to make the project house energy efficient with insulation, light roofing colour, shading walls with trees etc.

Jesus Said:

What are the negative effects of Solar Energy?

We Answered:

Yeah unfortunately cost and weather are the only negatives I think... and the weather can be overcome by using other sources..

So cost has to be your main line of argument - but it's a great one, because it is actually so prohibitive that no-one's going to do it anytime soon.

You could research the costs and compare them to other forms of power - then argue that putting solar panels on all houses would be stupid, because you could power the whole country with wind for 1/10 of the cost, or whatever...

Plus with costs, someone has to pay for them.. is it homeowners or taxpayers? What does that mean for ordinary people? Are there better things that money could be spent on?

I don't think you've got your back against the wall at all - you've got the "sensible"/"pragmatic" side of the argument rather than the "idealistic" side, but in real life the pragmatic side usually wins as soon as people realise they will have to pay for the ideals ;-)