Canbyte

When Will Solar Be Cost-Competitive with Electricity?

Having built and operated a few solar panels myself, my take is that what you read is hyped up subsidized BS with payback way too long. Once oil recedes a bit, solar will probably die (again) except for the few who understand the real economics and know how to make it work. Congrats to all who rode the wave and made $$ on the stocks. Exit happy. Leave real solar for the masses to harness in their humble ways.

Solars Should Bounce Today

Like petyaczar says, GW is not man-made, only it seems that solar warming is speeding up, perhaps because of a tipping point. Only hubristic humans think we can stop it, better to make London=Venice. My worry is that our blindness about this will damage our economies so badly that any Sensible response will not be possible or undertaken in time (what do you do with Florida or Bangladesh, both very low areas, not to mention Holland, already underwater.

Solar geeks may be making money on stocks but its at taxpayers expense, essentially your poorer neighbour. Nakedjaybird i'm sure has wants me to pay for his collector but having built a few economical designs, I would prefer to keep his hands out of my pockets.