Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (330107)	3/23/2007 8:45:51 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574569

>Try doing the math and figuring out how much it would cost to manufacture 7980 square miles of solar cells. Wouldn't be surprised if it were less than the cost of the Iraq War! -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (330107)	3/24/2007 8:54:07 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574569

Solar power is expensive no matter how you put it. Try doing the math and figuring out how much it would cost to manufacture 7980 square miles of solar cells. That's over 222 billion square feet. The problem is not money, it is capacity. Thin-film amorphous photovoltaics are being produced on continuous form sheet processes. The same materials are being made into roofing shingles. Without a aggressive government incentives, like the ones available in California, it will take a very long time, but in your lifetime, solar will generate much of the electric energy we use. uni-solar.com Al