Canbyte

Solar Breaks Oil Price Dependence

Dr Duru's strategy of hedging the solar bet recognizes the idiocy of buying something with a 15 yr payback +/-. Only stupid subsidies make it work. Yes, solar can work on a limited basis (what people afford now like garden lights) and that basis is growing slowly. Unfortunately most people are selfish, herdlike animals -- my own solar collectors have a payback of LESS THAN ONE YEAR but nobody is interested. Truly sustainable solar will be the poor man's solution, not for rich men like Al Gore who will continue to use all the oil they want while enslaving the rest of us with taxes to fund their solar show, oil wars, nuclear power plants that operate at 30% efficiency, and yes, dribs and drabs for Kyoto scams till folks catch on (herdlike). Then the peons will just turn the thermostat way down, most lights off and walk (or ride a horse) to their suburban ghetto home (End of Suburbia).