Kharavela
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No, enforcing the use of Solar energy, or for that matter, enforcing anything won't work. People will find ways to cheat it. Rather, by giving incentives for installing & using Solar energy is the solution.Yes, law should be there. Why? To push something upto the energy barrier. Then the reaction continues on its own. ( You being a doctor know it better)
Providing subsidy for mass adoption of Solar energy will hurt economy. Has the govt provided subsidy for purchase of car or bike ? Why the auto sales jumped many fold compared to 1980s ? Answer is availability of easy loan from banks & financial institutions. Govt just have to simplify policy for easy availability of soft loan for purchase of Solar system.It is definitely not cheaper. Not until the scale of production brings the costs down. Until then GOI is giving subsidy to make it equivalent to other sources.
You can't watch each & every one whether the fund is being diverted or not. So providing subsidy is not a good idea. Better policy for soft & easy loan will provide the environment for banks & financial institutions to invest. Market dynamics will take care of the rest.Only thing that stops them is the initial investment. So if a person spends less on the curtains and carpets in his new home to divert fund for solar system (due to law) then I would be happy as in the long run he will be able to afford better curtains.