RJMoran

Wall Street Gets Downbeat on Solar

Solar also takes a great deal of 'credit' to finance the build out which, as we all know will be tighter going forward. Gumby is right. Trying to 'scale up' with solar is next to impossible. ALL the solar panel output in the world does not equal the electric output of ONE coal fired power plant! I'm all for wind, solar, tidal, etc, but people do NOT get it the scale issues. And further, these are not 'alternative' power sources but derivative power sources. They ALL require fossil fuel inputs in factories, electricity to build the module, ship it, install it. When solar powered plants create parts for wind turbines and solar panels, then you'll be talking. Otherwise they ALL 'derive' from fossil fuel energies in their creation (metal, part manufacture, etc) to production, shipping etc. As an investable idea though, they ALL require a LOT of credit...Not good, these days!