Physicist: Boost federal tax credit for solar water heaters

Even as the economic news grows gloomier, some energy experts see solar water heaters as a bright spot on the horizon.

In his "Here Comes the Sun Shower" opinion piece in Tuesday's New York Times, Larry Hunter, a professor of physics at Amherst College, urged the Obama administration to support the use of residential solar water heaters. Hunter suggested that a $10,000 solar water heater could pay for itself in as few as six years if the government were to raise the federal tax credits from 30 percent to 40 or 50 percent.

Essential information: Read our report on tankless water heaters, another way to potentially save energy when heating water.

Written by larrylarr on February 13th, 2009 with no comments.
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