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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-07-11 07:26 PM
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8. Solar got $4 billion in grants and another $16 bil in guarantees
in the USA. So I am thinking GE is getting some of that action.

But the Chinese spent more and are already out producing us and cheaper. You can have live solar power at $2 / watt of capacity and that is still dropping. Storing the power for night time use is still the biggest part of the expense and batteries are environmentally crappy.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-04/china-burie...

Without cheap eco-friendly batteries solar isn't so eco-friendly (or cheap)
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