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Smitty Two wrote:


The photovoltaic collectors of today are about like the abacus compared
to your PC. When a square meter of collector costs $10, you may be
obligated to redefine "efficiency."
*IF* they reach that efficiency. The Pro camp tends to over promise new
technology to at least the same effect as the Con tends to under credit
what is there now.


Here's an interesting tidbit: Enough sunlight falls on the earth *every
minute* to power the entire planet for a *year.*
But that seems to assume 100% collection and 100% efficiency. Is
there any current technology that even remotely reaches either of those
milestones. See Pro camp notation above.

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