"Hatunen" wrote in message
news:taebb4hpnjn078b3t3oeq70rj95vi5ab92@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:27:09 -0700,
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Martin wrote:
>>> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:14:22 -0700 (PDT), tbmshopping@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hydrogen fuel cell cars are expensive and impractical.
>>>
>>> You are so right.
>>
>>So are solar panels on residential property (so far). Consequently I am
>>still aghast whenever I see the acres and acres and ACRES of
>>sun-drenched rooftops, here in Arizona - every single one totally
>>innocent of solar collector panels! Television sets and home computers
>>(to name two modern-day "necessities") were very expensive when first
>>introduced, too. Mass production works wonders at making manufactured
>>items "affordable" to the general public. Why has solar energy been
>>neglected until now? I'm no engineer,
>
> Obviously. But I am.
>
>>but given the amount of sunlight
>>and wind activity it consistently receives, why is the American
>>Southwest not providing power not only for its own geographical area,
>>but a considerable portion of the rest of the U.S. also?
>
> Solar power in the Southwest is currently under development, but
> facilities for generating power at the amounts generateed by
> conventional plants is not a simple scale-up from a single solar
> panel to a huge number of solar panels. Not to mention that solar
> panels aren't particularly efficient. It's going to take tim.
>
OK, but what am I going to do for you?
Build one of these perhaps:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6616651.stm
tim
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