tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post6112897989064622113..comments2023-12-14T20:59:24.369-08:00Comments on Thoughts on the Roof: German FIT system - BrilliantWilliam Hughes-Gameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184766974497951683noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post-24842335929936002152010-04-24T21:38:51.265-07:002010-04-24T21:38:51.265-07:00William - just read your other post which is a cri...William - just read your other post which is a criticism of net reverse versus double metering systems. On that one I wholeheartedly agree!benkepeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907403202766693259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post-16742184021032645542010-04-24T21:37:20.035-07:002010-04-24T21:37:20.035-07:00William,
Great post, but your criticisms shouldn&...William,<br /><br />Great post, but your criticisms shouldn't be directed at net reverse metering (or FIT as you call it) per se, rather they should be directed at a taxation system that is... over zealous.<br /><br />Net reverse metering is a really good thing, multiple taxation is not - but the two are seperate and divisible topics.benkepeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907403202766693259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post-35544013815047302632010-01-30T10:19:23.291-08:002010-01-30T10:19:23.291-08:00Hi Daniel
Many thanks for your comment. Reading o...Hi Daniel<br />Many thanks for your comment. Reading over my blog on the German FIT system, I see that I assumed without explaining. My fault. Underlying this and other blogs is the thought that taxation has two functions. One is revenue collection, the other, directing a society. In the case of German FIT's, the whole system is made hugely expensive by the German government skimming off money at every turn. Fortunately for the success of the system, most German participators only see as far as the fact that they are getting three times the money for power they sell as power they buy (even this is not the case after you put on the tax). Our need, if you believe the climate change scientists, for a massive shift to renewables is accute and governments should be setting up the tax system to enable this. For instance, if you think as I do that electric cars are a vital part of this mix, governments should wave all taxes around the purchase and running of electric cars. This would ensure a huge uptake of this technology<br />Author.William Hughes-Gameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184766974497951683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post-84691909206462823412010-01-27T10:16:06.866-08:002010-01-27T10:16:06.866-08:00I fail to see how power is taxed differently than ...I fail to see how power is taxed differently than any other good or service in Germany. You make it sound like a diabolical conspiracy to tax the solar producers. Yet I'm sure you could draw the same picture for any industry in germany.<br /><br />For example doesn't that same "really well off German" pay the same 50% tax no matter what his source of income? <br /><br />If so, what is the point of this goofy piece? If not, please enlighten.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989098653955627380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268551755123531151.post-72447455975703480982010-01-09T11:10:42.070-08:002010-01-09T11:10:42.070-08:00hi again.
first of all i have to admit that i am n...hi again.<br />first of all i have to admit that i am not a specialist in german taxation but i do know quite a lot about the feed-in tariff. germany is famous for its highly complicated laws and tax system. a tax consultant told me about a decade ago that about 80% of the world's literature on tax and financial law is written in german language. if that fact is really correct the reason for it definitely is: you can hardly declare any private tax on your own as it is all so damn complicated. so if electricity is taxed 3 or in the end 25 times, i don't know!<br />but one thing that in the end counts is that the quite simple feed-in tariff work as the percentage of the share of renewables in electricity production shows. end of the 90's a predicted share of renewables by 2010 was 6%. Thanks to the feed-in tariff we are now at 14%.<br />i totally agree that the whole system could be made a lot easier just by different taxation and i would love the system to change this direction. but if we were waiting for the taxation system to be simplified till we step ahead in the energy sector then we would probably end up never changing anything...el_cagónhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411836792548272126noreply@blogger.com