shari greer

When Will Solar Be Cost-Competitive with Electricity?

Hurricane IKE left over 2 million households without electricity for two weeks. The stores didn't offer any real options for residents from the solar level... The traffic lights were out all over the city and with 4 million people trying to get around during this, the emissions and tempers that flared were unreal. The fact that our infrastructure is still living in the dark ages was apparent. We could have had solar powered business', traffic lights, even railroad arms, could have been
utilizing solar generated power. But NONE was there, and now with
the reconstruction of so many homes, business, power lines, traffic
signals etc, you would think that this would be an absolute solution for future disasters. It is frustrating, at best, and I hope the solar community will jump on Houston to give direction for these changes.
If my tax dollars are paying for reconstruction, I would like a say in the sustainability of solar energy be included. It's a natural, given that we have more sunshine than almost anywhere else on earth!!