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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (355487)	10/20/2007 4:30:19 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577025

Don't you think we will continue to see improvements of this magnitude? Perhaps - but it could take another couple decades to go from 40% to 60% and that would probably be the upper limit, to attempt 100% just hits the law of diminishing returns, it'll be so expensive to get that last bit of efficiency it would be cheaper to simply buy another panel - someday. You think 20 years.....that long? If a major company like GE made it a priority.....would it still take that long do you think? With all available silicon fabs used for cell phones and all the other gadgets - little room exists for solar production. Fabs cost billions to build now days and anyone doing so would be investing in a commodity product with a limited future. Yeah, but there are a number of fabs that have been mothballed by INTC and others that could be refurbished for solar panel production. Four generations of development So third generation is under production and they are working on the 4th generation.