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To: TimF who wrote (308794)	11/2/2006 3:44:29 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573099

"but I don't think we will have cheap efficient solar cells soon whatever type of subsidy we poor in to the effort" Why not? The cells aren't that difficult to make. Heck, did made some when I was in high school. The silicon purity doesn't need to be as high as needed for ICs, and even those wafers aren't all that expensive. 200mm wafers sell for $50 each and they are manufactured to a higher standard than needed for solar cells. If thin films are used, then the silicon costs get even lower. And the support circuitry isn't all that much either.