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To: Keith Feral who wrote (94547)5/27/2008 7:29:46 PM
From: benwood  Read Replies (1) of 110194
 
How much oil does it take to manufacture a solar panel? And in the lifetime of the solar panel, is the energy produced less than or greater than the energy it took to create the panel?

If the energy produced is less than the energy to manufacture, then you've actually increased your carbon footprint.

How many panels would the average person need to power a car and all their home needs, say, in Southern California? How about western Oregon? I'm just guessing here based on things I've read in the past five years, but I'd say for San Diego, the cost would be about $40,000, and in western Oregon, about $80,000.

The answer as to whether or not this lessens or increase eventual carbon output is unknown to me.
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