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COMMENTS:
Have to admit, I don't see a downside.
Yes, implementationa nd efficiency have to be addressed, but ... these are problems awiting to be solved, IMO.
And solar energy has none of the downsides that nuclear energy or coal- generated hydrogen entail.
^ I agree with you.
I'm with Cathexis -
Solar panels take a hell of a lot of energy to produce. In fact on average they take more energy to make than they are able to store in their lifetime (or so I've heard)
They are also quite polluting to make.
Both problems that I'm sure we can get around with a bit of thought
YES YES YES
by mojo on Fri May 05, 06 8:55am
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Yes, you can't beat zero input costs.
Yes, now that solar panels are cheaper, every new house should have them on the roof, i read recently that these new panels dont produce as much but they are cheap and work better overall as they even work when itas foggy or dawn, a freind of mine is starting a business with these cells and I agree with him that we could make alot of cash.
by ABC on Fri May 05, 06 9:25am
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ABC - IF they are polluting to make though bulk production could cause problems. Also we need to find more energy efficient ways of producing them
Sure, research it. Just don't base major energy policies around it being a significant portion of our total energy production, it isn't and can't be for some time.
herz: Agreed, it's senseless to actually base policy on a technology that has not been worked out.
But if the research push isn't made, we're guaranteed it will never be policy.
I'm still tooting the nuclear horn here. Sure, you think TMI and Chernobyl. Those are aberrations, courtesy of men who didn't obey the posted rules.
Of course. We have so much surplus hot air blowing around the planet that we should harness it for power generation.
Oh, you meant...my bad.
there are more efficient ways of using solar power.
I tried to set up a company in Arizona, before I ran out of money. Research "Stirling Engines"
it might even work better in Canada, since the sunlight there is 30% of what we get down here, but you do have the cold, which can work to its advantage.
by LCD on Fri May 05, 06 2:05pm
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We should certainly research, but solar technology isn't far enough along to take advantage of the situation you describe in the ballot. We should keep in mind though that the energy from the sun won't last forever. Only a few billion years. 
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