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First Solar and Suntech Power to Build Solar Farm in Abu Dhabi

How will they prevent sandstorms from scouring away the clarity of the solar collector glass?

Seven Companies Profiting From Obama's 'New' New Deal

Money is a symbol for energy.

Everything we build to create, grow, collect or save energy from an infinite resource (the sun, the moon --wind and tides--, the atom) will enrich this nation.

The paradigm of previous centuries, that we can find energy or buy a dollar's worth for less than a dollar is an unsustanable fallacy in a finite system.

Whether or not we have reached "peak oil", "peak coal" or "peak any other finite resource," global warming should be the wake up call to the fact that we are running on our stores, and that is unsustainable.

Isn't all this discussion on energy policy like asking, "How long can a fat man go without eating?" It's a silly question, time isn't the issue ... the issue is he will die.

It's time to do the right thing and feed from the infinite.

I don't know if the end is near, but now that we most definitely know there is and end, why not be conservative and prepare for it?

First Solar’s Growth Story

I think the 24/7 criticism of solar and wind is overstated. No one is suggesting that either of these power sources will be the one and only. Also, high capacity storage is becoming more available--look at the news from BCON that they have brought a 1 MW energy storage device online today using their flywheel systems.

A Rustbelt Revival: From Doom to Boom

There will be no lack of refueling stations for hydrogen. Big Oil will fund the transistion as soon as their dominance in liquid fuel is challenged. They will also make sure that the hydrogen that goes into the fuel cells is derived from the fossil fuels they pump. What could GM's motivation possibly be for "still refusing to allow volunteer engineers from restoring museum-gutted EV1, and GM is still refusing to resume production of plug-in Electric cars" except that large sums of money have exchanged hands? Ask yourself why Chevron is sitting on the Cobasys battery that drove the EV1 so successfully. Why is Daimler sueing Chevron for delivery of batteries? As the world waits for lithium and ultracapacitor alternatives, Big Oil works behind the scenes to make batteries an undesirable alternative for manufacturers. If they are powerful enough to keep the US embroiled in an unpopular war for six years, do you really think that supressing nascent technology would be hard for them? Any backyard mechanic can make an electric car, but lead acid batteries are just too heavy. As long as lighter batteries are unavailable to the public, we must continue stopping at the local filling station. Every day this transition is delayed, it's another billion bucks for Big Oil, do you really think they wouldn't invest a little to keep the status quo?