Not exact matches
The mountainous «spine» of central California, as Ms. Eggman likes to call it, is very different from the coast: there are more low - income
households,
higher electricity bills, and more expensive estimates for
solar panel installation.
Instead, Sierra Club Canada advocates a sensible mix of solutions, involving the
highest possible level of energy efficiency by North American
households and businesses alike, the deployment of renewable sources such as wind and
solar power, and a widespread shift to new, innovative technologies like hybrid and fuel cells to move people and goods around.
As well, lower payroll taxes would give
household pocketbooks extra money to invest in clean technology and cover
higher electricity and fuel costs that are inherent as
solar, wind and other renewables replace fossil fuels.
Between 2007 and 2014, the 40 percent of California
households with the
highest incomes received three times more in
solar subsidies — a whopping $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 per
household — than the 40 percent of Californians with the lowest incomes.
The survey of 2,080 UK
households found that 71 % of people backed onshore wind - the
highest level since the tracker began - while 75 % were in favour of offshore wind, and 82 % backed
solar.
Research has identified several design principles for creating effective interventions to achieve RAER from the
highest - impact
household behaviors that occur on a decadal time scale (e.g. upgrading heating equipment, choosing a fuel - efficient vehicle, installing
solar panels).
Net metering is a regressive policy because most rooftop
solar customers are
higher income
households.
Currently, Israel shares with Cyprus the
highest per - capita use of
solar water heaters in the world, and more than 90 percent of Israeli
households heat their water with the sun.
Residential
solar panels are now sold at
high - volume home - appliance retailers, rapidly boosting the number of
households that are installing
solar panels on their roof.
As
solar prices ahve tumbled, and householders have reported
higher than expected returns, more and more
households are taking the plunge.
As Japan for Sustainability points out, «Residential
solar panels are now sold at
high - volume home - appliance retailers, rapidly boosting the number of
households that are installing
solar panels on their roof.