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On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:35:46 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

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On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:46:43 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:32:09 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

Even more amazing, they can be suspended in liquids and printed on
flexible materials, allowing the cells to be places on any surface. What
if your entire car was covered in these powerhouses? Bye bye, Chevron.

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That's a bit optimistic even though the technology is interesting.

One of the credibility problems with solar power is the wildly
optimistic press releases that come out periodically. They raise
expectations to unrealistic levels which casts doubt on the whole
effort. It's always better to under promise and over deliver.

That said, with the price of solar panels down to about $1/watt, we
will be starting to see a lot more of them. I'm in the preliminary
planning stage for a small "proof of concept" project, probably a grid
tied system that will help meet our peak power needs in some small
way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid-tie_inverter


When someone can successfully power a medium sized US city 24/7 using solar
and wind then I'll be impressed. Until then we're tied to oil, coal, and
natural gas because the environmental nutters are against nuclear power.

I'm sure that when the automobile was invented that backwards thinking
people said about the same thing. I'll also bet that when electricity
became available that a lot of people said that too.

I'm sure they did but putting a light bulb in someone's home, or seeing a
car drive down a rutted back road was far easier to do than to power a US
city 24/7 with solar and wind power.

No, not really.

In all the years we've had solar and wind technology, where has anyone ever
used either or both to power a city the size of a medium US city? Any
where in the world, 24/7 ?

Because people are stuck thinking the only energy source is fossil
fuels.

I'm in RI. Three wind turbines here have already failed and they're each
barely powering one building.

I'm in PA and they are putting them up here and in western NY at a
staggering pace.

Wind Turbine Failures
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=...1024&bih =587

What about pollution from oil spills, on land and in oceans? What about
oilfield failures from weather, fire and such?