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To: ikka
"if [solar cells] can follow a similar price curve for power as current CPUs did, in about 3 years you will be able to buy the same system for about half the cost.

Solar cell prices bottomed out almost 20 years ago...


--Boot Hill

35 posted on 01/28/2005 6:33:44 AM PST by Boot Hill (How do you verbalize a noun?)
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To: Boot Hill
Solar cell prices bottomed out almost 20 years ago...

Silicon solar cell prices bottomed out. The polymer cell technology has changed the game completely, especially for large panels that could be made as a single unit in a mold instead of a mosaic of smaller cells.

44 posted on 01/28/2005 6:50:00 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (With enemies like Michael Moore, who needs friends?)
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