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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TimF who wrote (23281)7/8/2008 3:59:05 PM
From: allatwwk  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 25522
 
even the guys doing the plug-in hybrid retrofits don't see this as a great idea.

hybrids-plus.com

The same solar cell on a roof is easily going to produce 4x the energy that a solar cell on top of a Prius will. Solar cells on a Prius roof is essentially an expensive fashion statement.

It doesn't make economic sense. But, as I have indicated, I'm not against fashion statements.