Re: Profitable Solar Power - A suggestion

On 26 Aug 2005 10:59:04 -0700, Andy <andysharpe@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andy writes:
>
> As long as more energy is required to MAKE a solar cell than the
> solar cell can generate in it's lifetime, solar cells will never be
> more
> than a plaything for environmentalists.

If that was true, then the dollars wouldn't work out. Are you saying
that, in the lifetime of a solar cell, you'll never save as much money
as you paid for it? Dollars have a marvellous way of cutting through
all the variables. Are you saying there's _no_ payback period for a
solar panel, ever?

> The most useful idea is to reduce our demand. Otherwise, it is
> all smoke and mirrors.

Of course. But discounting a workable solution by saying it has no
potential to pay back, is in this case not something I've seen evidence
of.

.

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