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Spain is taxing sunlight! [Yes, Sunlight.]

Home - by - July 26, 2013 - 14:15 America/New_York - 12 Comments

Eso es retrasado, señor

Mish’s

Proving that idiocy truly has no bounds, Spain issued a “royal decree” taxing sunlight gatherers. The state threatens fines as much as 30 million euros for those who illegally gather sunlight without paying a tax.

The tax is just enough to make sure that homeowners cannot gather and store solar energy cheaper than state-sponsored providers.

The Secretary of State for Energy, Alberto Nadal, signed a draft royal decree in which consumption taxes are levied on those who want to start solar power systems on their rooftops. The tax, labeled a “backup toll” is high enough to ensure that it will be cheaper to keep buying energy from current providers.

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  1. Czar of Defenestration

    July 26th, 2013

     
  2. Hotlanta Mike

    July 26th, 2013

    A further example that green energy is just another tax revenue stream for the Statists…it’s not about saving the environment.

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  3. Troy

    July 26th, 2013

    They may want to focus on better training their High-Speed-Train conductors.

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  4. Noodengr

    July 26th, 2013

    Along those lines, can I make the satellite tv providers pay to have their signal land on my 3 acres of land at the same rate they charge me for the couple of square feet of their satellite dish?

    My guess is their logic is someone generating their own power from the sun is not paying the taxes on coal and oil so they HAVE to have a way to get money from the masses.

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  5. Billy Fuster

    July 26th, 2013

    Since when did Don Quixote start ruling Spain?

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  6. Tim

    July 26th, 2013

    Socialism is the retarded daughter of stupidity.

    No wonder they run with bulls …

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  7. Unruly Refugee

    July 26th, 2013

    They will be forced to do that with all the “green” shit here because none of it is economically feasible.

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  8. Uncle Dirt

    July 26th, 2013

    So right, Hotlanta Mike. Remember recently they were whining about less money available for road maintenance because of the loss of gas tax income because of, wait for it, hybrids!!!

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  9. Dumb Ass Liberal

    July 26th, 2013

    We have a tan tax or did Shitstain waive that to?

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  10. crazyeighter

    July 26th, 2013

    Uncle Dirt, then we oughta tax hybrids twice: once for the regular wheel tax, and a 200% surcharge for their “holier than thou” attitude.

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  11. The Mad German

    July 27th, 2013

    Sounds like our “Free energy” program we have right here in the US.

    Taxpayers subsidize windmills and solar panels for free energy, that they charge you higher green power energy rates for.

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