Comments on: Solar power cheaper than coal by 2020 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:39:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shannon http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-4117 Shannon Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-4117 Why are they cluttering up the dessert with these panels? Why do they insist on centralizing power generation? Wouldn't it be more energy efficient to outfit individual houses with solar panels rather than make some solar power plant out in the desert where energy is then lost in transmission to the city? Maybe I'm wrong...Still it is exciting to see the progress in solar technology. Why are they cluttering up the dessert with these panels? Why do they insist on centralizing power generation? Wouldn’t it be more energy efficient to outfit individual houses with solar panels rather than make some solar power plant out in the desert where energy is then lost in transmission to the city? Maybe I’m wrong…Still it is exciting to see the progress in solar technology.

]]> By: Joe Bono http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-3998 Joe Bono Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:10:52 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-3998 Solar is a very viable energy source and only some tiny fraction of the sun's light needs to be harnessed to produce enough power to satisfy our ever growing needs. We WILL have electric vehicles AGAIN, within 18months, and they will need to be charged. Solar will save the day. My company, SolarUniverse.com intends to bridge the gap between manufacturers and home owners. Education, proliferation and installation. We aren't alone, many states and utility departments are going solar, even in this unsure economic climate. Solar is a very viable energy source and only some tiny fraction of the sun’s light needs to be harnessed to produce enough power to satisfy our ever growing needs. We WILL have electric vehicles AGAIN, within 18months, and they will need to be charged. Solar will save the day.

My company, SolarUniverse.com intends to bridge the gap between manufacturers and home owners. Education, proliferation and installation. We aren’t alone, many states and utility departments are going solar, even in this unsure economic climate.

]]> By: Uncle B http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Uncle B Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:52:07 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-624 South Western deserts of USA will soon be all mirrors. Solar thermal projects now feed to the nation's power grid, and will have to be increased in size as oil gets further out of reach. The coal folks are going to have to do extensive research to market their relatively dirty product, but the guy who figures out what to do with the CO2 resource stream they now callously discard will make billions! Science will catch up, we will fill the energy gaps, no one single idea will become the silver bullet energy cure-all. Solar has the advantage that it is renewable, forever, like an oil well that can't go dry. My kinda energy! South Western deserts of USA will soon be all mirrors. Solar thermal projects now feed to the nation’s power grid, and will have to be increased in size as oil gets further out of reach. The coal folks are going to have to do extensive research to market their relatively dirty product, but the guy who figures out what to do with the CO2 resource stream they now callously discard will make billions! Science will catch up, we will fill the energy gaps, no one single idea will become the silver bullet energy cure-all. Solar has the advantage that it is renewable, forever, like an oil well that can’t go dry. My kinda energy!

]]> By: Ben Koshkin http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Ben Koshkin Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:52:14 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-247 I doubt it. There would have to be a large percentage of earth covered. I doubt it. There would have to be a large percentage of earth covered.

]]> By: Ben Lagrone http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Ben Lagrone Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-246 will all this solar gathering cool the planet to some degree? And then comes the zombie apocolypse - http://www.zombierepellent.com will all this solar gathering cool the planet to some degree? And then comes the zombie apocolypse – http://www.zombierepellent.com

]]> By: sir jorge http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-244 sir jorge Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:10:09 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-244 now this is a timely post indeed. now this is a timely post indeed.

]]> By: Joel Libava http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Joel Libava Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-243 If this is true, then maybe we have a way out of our dependence in foreign oil. I am involved in franchising, and have written extensively about a new Solar Franchise Concept..unproven, but cool. Joel Libava The Franchise King Blog If this is true, then maybe we have a way out of our dependence in foreign oil. I am involved in franchising, and have written extensively about a new Solar Franchise Concept..unproven, but cool.
Joel Libava
The Franchise King Blog

]]> By: jonathan hampson http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-240 jonathan hampson Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:29:44 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-240 About time too. For far too long our governments have hesitated over providing incentives for the development of solar power. It's clean and free. About time too. For far too long our governments have hesitated over providing incentives for the development of solar power. It’s clean and free.

]]> By: tony http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-239 tony Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/06/04/solar-power-cheaper-than-coal-by-2020/#comment-239 I've heard Ray Kurzweil say that this will happen in 2013. His theory that every innovation speeds up the next (law of accelerating returns) would suggest that we overestimate what we can do in a year, but underestimate what we can do in 5. I’ve heard Ray Kurzweil say that this will happen in 2013. His theory that every innovation speeds up the next (law of accelerating returns) would suggest that we overestimate what we can do in a year, but underestimate what we can do in 5.

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