> From: Stephen via EV <[email protected]> > > How about getting a conversion to be recognized with the same incentives > that are provided with most new EV sales?
YES! Unfortunately, governments *rarely* provide incentives to DIYers. I think they feel there is too much potential for fraud and abuse -- people can and will claim all sorts of stuff, and the government can only afford to qualify mass-market *designs*, not individual implementations. Also, they have no way of telling if a DIY system is even functional or safe. I went through this regarding domestic hot water in the 70s. They wouldn't provide the tax break to DIYers, only to professionally-installed systems. Now, I see the same thing with PV systems. I don't have an easy answer to satisfying the government's need to get decent quality for its "investment." Perhaps DIYers could be "certified" with a test or something — less rigorous than a contractor's license, but able to weed out those who would do crappy installations that would stop working in short order. :::: At any public relations luncheon, the quality of the food is inversely related to the quality of the information. -- Earl Ubell :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
