{"id":20619,"date":"2011-05-03T18:51:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2011-05-03T18:51:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:51:59","slug":"quote-of-the-week-susan-kraemer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/quote-of-the-week-susan-kraemer\/","title":{"rendered":"{Quote of the Week} Susan Kraemer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/solar-energy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20622\" title=\"solar energy\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/solar-energy.jpg\" alt=\"solar energy quote\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I normally choose an introspective or inspirational quote for these quotes of the week, and normally from a quite famous person, but this quote from one of our authors over on CleanTechnica last week really stood out as a good one worth sharing. It was a comment on an article about <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2011\/04\/27\/why-big-solar-is-a-colossally-bad-idea-10-reasons-decentralized-solar-is-much-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decentralized solar power vs centralized solar power<\/a>. Useful insights:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I used to agree that distributed would be great.<\/p>\n<p>But, try selling that, and then see if you think differently about utility-scale. My own experience in attempting to sell solar has led me to realize &#8211; sadly &#8211; that we will never get enough solar on individual rooftops to make any difference because &#8211; not to put too fine a point on it &#8211; most people are simply just plain too stupid to do anything different and go solar.<\/p>\n<p>Even when it costs them LESS than their PG&amp;E bill monthly, with NO UPFRONT COST &#8211; (via a PPA) people still just won&#8217;t take the leap. Even though they can save enough money over 25 years to buy a second house! Stupid, stupid, stupid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why won&#8217;t we make clear, beneficial choices that benefit practically everyone&#8230;? Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>Photo via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cornishdave\/5324635486\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cornishdave<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I normally choose an introspective or inspirational quote for these quotes of the week, and normally from a quite famous person, but this quote from one of our authors over on CleanTechnica last week really stood out as a good one worth sharing. It was a comment on an article about decentralized solar power vs centralized solar power. 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