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- louiebaur, on 06/26/2008, -1/+23That is good stuff bring it on!
- AmyVernon, on 06/26/2008, -0/+18wow. my dad passed on getting solar energy for his home a few years ago b/c it was so expensive. he might be able to rethink that sometime soon...
- buba1243, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7Can't wait for all home's to provide their own energy in the day and hopefully use a capacitor/battery system at night.
The only problem I see for solar energy is when it gets to popular oil prices will come down due to lack of demand. - nyeus, on 06/26/2008, -1/+7''Alternative Energy Demand Fueling Growth''
I see what you did there... - HuskyPuzzle, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Solar and wind are the two most exciting renewable technologies. It's great to see an upside from high oil prices.
- Hiji, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5That's great, but how long until it can fuel my car?
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -1/+6Very interesting stuff here, Alternative energy is the wave of the future.
- Mswldflwr, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4And that's a problem how?
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
- yaosio, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3Solar and Wind will drop in cost to below the cost per watt of other electricity generation techniques, and will continue to drop. This will occur within 5 years or sooner, according to the guy every Digger hates even though he's right 90% of the time.
- kenvsryu, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4Now if only the sun won't burn out in 2012.
- Liability, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3BTUI? You should check out Evergreen Solar. ESLR creates their photovoltaic cells with less than half of the silicon that all of their competitors use through their proprietary quad string-ribbon manufacturing process. This gives ESLR a fundamental cost advantage over their mostly Chinese competitors because polysilicon is the most expensive part of a PV cell. Evergreen Solar is an American company founded by MIT technologists and is based in Massachusetts with a factory opening in Devens, MA on July 15th and another factor opening in Midland, MI next year. The technology is available now and provides a significant long-term cost advantage now. It is simply not promoted by our government.
Thin film cells are not as good as silicon cells because they are less efficient and therefore require more surface area to generate the same output wattage. They also have a shorter lifespan, are less reliable, and generally use toxic chemicals such as Cadmium Telluride, which may soon be banned in the EU. - inhaler, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2When god gives you lemons, YOU FIND A NEW GOD!
- mrsteveman1, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2This is probably unnecessary but i feel someone must point out that you misspelled morons while you were attacking people with your post :)
thanks for playing - greensky, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2No way... Algae is the coolest renewable technology, followed closely by geothermal. :P
- buba1243, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2It's not a problem for consumers but one for the solar industry. If oil prices drop then demand for solar will drop too.
- inactive, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I'll get excited about it when a square yard or so is enough to power my house in the cloudy Northeast.
- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Solar will be the new oil once it becomes cost effective for the hardware.
- gerbil20, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Too bad it takes 5 times more energy to produce a solar panel that it can produce in its lifetime (yes they burn out), and too bad the process of their manufacturing (and recycling) is an ecological nightmare.
- yaosio, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Once you build a solar plant there are no fuel costs. Even if the oil price drops they won't shut down all the solar plants. In the US, petroluem accounts for a very small portion of electricity generation. The majority (I think about 45% or so) is coal.
- mchisari, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1
People saw the problem of oil dependency and all the myriad political and environmental issues that came along with it over 30 years ago. If the free market was so efficient, it wouldn't still be wearing bell bottoms. - DavidYeah, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1nm
- BusinessSealed, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0It's the right time to start your own alternative energy business! Confused about financing?
http://thebusinessseal.com/finding-the-right-finan ... - yoshimaroka, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1Free markets FTW
- Jason2008, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0I will have to create a site area of energy
- itchie, on 06/27/2008, -1/+0Too much to read on a nice buzz... Are they going to make it at least more affordable?
More people would be greener (i hate that word....) if it wasn't so damn expensive.
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