May 21, 2010  Ambitious New Bill  Late last week, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced an awfully ambitious bill, one that aims to put solar panels on the roofs of 10 million American homes and businesses, not to mention 200,000 solar water heaters, all within ten years.

Sanders aims with the creatively titled “10 Million Solar Roofs & 10 Million Gallons of Solar Hot Water Act” (PDF) to provide rebates for up to half the cost of a new solar electric or solar water heating system. While most of the country’s energy discussion still hovers around nuclear, clean coal, andoffshore drilling, Sanders is working to make a better make case for solar.