Home brew is popular in Germany because it's untaxed

[dnix71]

   Well who would have thought that would make it popular? Plus Germany taxes the hell out of commercially produced [1/3 of the total bill is taxes    ]
http://news.yahoo.com/home-made-electricity-creating-buzz-germany-070349709.html

Of course the commercial producers don't like it, but you can't make everybody happy these days.

[sunbelt57]

Contrast that to the bill that just passed in OK to slap a $5/mo. surcharge on people that install their own solar panels.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1091676_oklahoma-adds-fee-for-homes-to-connect-solar-wind-power-to-grid
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/16/3427392/oklahoma-fee-solar-wind/