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A Finite Time Singularity | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 3 (WiM146)

The "What is Money?" Show

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Solar Panels on Your Roofs

When I was living in Las Vegas, actually for a little while, solar companies were starting to boom there. And they were quickly getting solar panels on people's roofs because it made a lot of economic sense. Warren Buffett or Berkshire more generally that bought Nevada energy which was like the local power utility. They had the law changed to where the amount of solar power you could sell into the grid,. There was some legislative change that all of a sudden made solar panels on your roof, not economic, so you had to go back to the monopoly to buy your power. The P&M itself has committed to going solar itself ultimately.

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