Investing in Green Tech
I personally love the idea of investing in Green Tech. The government needs to setup a "clearing house" website where all the available options are indexed and catalogued.
For example, I understand in NZ the government has provided:
- interest free loans for solar power?
- insulation support?
- no road user charges for 4 years for electrics (heck make is 20 years!)?
I reckon 5 to 8 years would have been better to allow companies to justify some serious expenditure on electrics and hyrbid.
Also, where is the support for Bio Fuels?
I would like to see:
- No parking fees for hybrids / electrics / and ultra-low emissions vehicles
- Link bus frequency dropped from 10mins to 9mins peak hour, and from 20mins down to 18mins off peak.
- Force power retailers by law to pay house-hold generators the full retail price for power reversal (not the wholesale rate).
- A weekly lottery - each week someone gets a full-on 5kw solar panel and grid-synchroniser setup for their home: so they can sell power back to the grid.