further incentivizes the use of solar, because, you know, the solar energy production peaks right when our demand peaks. so it s actually very well matched. so, is there anything that we can do as a country to bring solar power higher on the renewables consumption list? well, there s some great opportunities that already exist, sort of in the solar realm, in terms of the incentives that are available to the consumers, either through the state or federal tax breaks as well as some municipalities have gone to net meter reading where the utility company will actually pay you for any excess electricity you use. it does require up-front costs right now in terms of purchasing the array, but there s new pricing models that are emerging where developers that buy the array and you pay them back over