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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries

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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (38284)	9/15/2003 5:30:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 74559

<During Luz's existence, the cost of solar electricity was cut from 25 cents per kilowatthour to less than 8 cents.(5) Luz's Solar Energy Generating Station failed economically because: (1) natural gas prices and electricity costs did not rise as expected; (2) operating and maintenance costs for the station did not decline as rapidly as had been expected; and (3) key tax incentives were expiring or uncertain. > Haim, tax incentives and competing products were major issues. That's the story with so many alternative fuels options. Oil, gas, coal and nuclear are cheap. People prefer cheap provided there aren't countervailing disadvantages and with cleaned up exhaust and safety controls and decommissioning bonds, there aren't countervailing disadvantages sufficient to stop the flow of hydrocarbons. Personally, I see CO2 emissions as no bad thing. I think they are a good thing. I'd guess photovoltaics would beat the high capital cost of mirrors and turbines. Mqurice

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