On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:12:13 -0500, Gary Coffman
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

Hooh!

You replied! This scares me.

(a) You never reply to me G.......and fair enough too.

(b) you really study your ****! (and have probably assessed the value
of recycling it onboard) G

OK. So the cells are OK after 7 years. Do they _last_ this long....on
_average_ under "normal average" use? I doubt it.

And yes, as you say, take all the other stuff into account...

Our State govt is currently asking people to pay _more_ for "green
power". Nice thought......and realistic, I think.

There was one claim here, I can't remember by whom, that solar power
actually had a negative _energy_ valkue, in that it took more energy
to make a solar cell and the associated batteries etc than it
generated in its life.

Used to be true. Current generation cells achieve energy breakeven
in about 7 years. Throw in the batteries, regulators, inverters, etc
that make up the complete power system, though, and the claim might
still be right.

Gary

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