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To: null and void
"Solar will never work... "

Sales are sliding because people (like me) who have spend small fortunes on them learn that they are crappy things that just don't work, need to be constantly maintained and replacement every five years, won't buy anymore. "Grid" power is cheaper and much less bother.

For all the carbon created manufacturing solar cells, you'd think they'd just build a nuclear reactor instead.

The article says 15% more Americans will learn this this year, and 24% more Europeons will learn this as well.

In other news,Brits have already learned that roof top windmills are equally useless, noisy, and generally a waste of money just like solar cells. If you want to try wind, you need to go big. That means tall towers, which are banned in most rural communities because of the visible eyesores that they become, plus annoying noises they make. (they aren't bad if you live way out in the country though)

9 posted on 05/21/2008 12:10:27 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary
crappy things that just don't work, need to be constantly maintained and replacement every five years

You do know that they need to be installed outside in the sun, right?

14 posted on 05/21/2008 12:15:40 PM PDT by Realism (Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
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To: Nathan Zachary
Sales are sliding because people (like me) who have spend small fortunes on them learn that they are crappy things that just don't work, need to be constantly maintained and replacement every five years, won't buy anymore.

My old system works just fine. I'd expand it to the inverter capacity if the "excess" power I generate wasn't -by law- a frickin' GIFT to PG&E

16 posted on 05/21/2008 12:21:10 PM PDT by null and void (The one word of Chinese our congress really understands is 'kowtow')
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To: Nathan Zachary

You’ve pretty much nailed it, but solar/wind installations are cost-effective in remote locations where the setup can be cheaper than the cost of getting connected to the grid. I’ve even seen billboards in suburban areas that are solar-powered because with high-efficiency lights (such as LEDs) the cost is lower than even getting connected to the nearest pole.


23 posted on 05/21/2008 12:39:45 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
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