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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (373898)	3/13/2008 9:07:12 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576418

They're also of an inferior quality and level of performance than newer materials under development. They produce a very low level of power - I do not disagree that research dollars need to be allocated to develop the newer materials. That said - even a prius only netted a $5K consumer tax break and those only a few years. It's been hard to break the 20% efficiency barrier. The improvements will come with packaging...for instance, Ovonics is producing a shingle...amorphous silicon deposited on stainless steel substrate, and iproduced on a roll to roll process. It's easy to imagine how that could become relatively inexpensive some day not too far off. Do you have one and how much did it cost? I am building a house now...will have one in a couple of years. I was kidding of course with the cheap skate comment. Al