I guess I did not make myself clear. I am 100 percent for solar and other types of green energy. Do you know what a solar panel is made of and the cost to make them? They are so over priced that it is really a sad thing to take something of great benefit and price it away from average folks. Anything that has green attached is over priced, and again it is a sad thing to take that away from average folks. The government does very little that does not harm society as a whole. I am 70 years old and I do know the cost of those items you talked about, but solar panels have been around for many many years and they are still overpriced. Tax rebates go only to people who can afford this stuff, and they are not average wage earners. Get government out of peoples lives, reduce regulations and prices will fall. Anyone that does not know about solar power is in the stone age, the government does not need to get involved. People have to have honor, and truth.

dtomdick: Are you old enough to remember the first calculator? Plasma TV? P.C.? All were horribly expensive and as production went up prices came down. Now you can buy a calculator for $1 or a LED TV for a couple hundred. Same will happen with solar power. It is a free, clean and abundant resource that would be stupid to ignore. I've read that a solar farm in 100 sq miles of the Mojave desert, could provide all of the electrical needs of the USA. One problem though, power is only generated in the daytime. So solar will never be a sole source of energy. But combined with Wind, Wave or Geothermal, our electrical needs CAN be met with non polluting sources. Solar was invented in the 50's here in the US. It was utilized by NASA and not much else. In the 80's the German gov't offered tax incentives for development and guess what? Germany, who has a similar climate to Oregon, leads the world in Solar Power! New products need a boost to get to market and that is one of the great things that a government can do.

That solar power farm probably cost Kings about 4-5 million dollars. Now to do 100 homes that would be 40 -50 K per home, plus the cost of battery storage, wiring, and the other solar panel equipment needed to get the electricity usable for all appliances. So probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60 thousand per house. As I said the average person can't afford this and the tax breaks only go to the people that can afford the high cost of the green stuff. Seems like if Obama means what he says, the tax breaks ought to go only to people earning less than 250K per year, and double breaks for people earning less than 100 K per year. To bad that is not his goal.

This is all well and good and I am glad the King Estates are able to do this, but how much did it cost. How much does the cost figure for each of the 100 homes. This is not something the average wage earner is able to afford. Why don't you publish all the information.