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royceboon Wrote: Aug 04, 2012 2:05 PM

The way that Obama plans to make solar competitive with coal energy is by regulating the coal industry to the point that it becomes prohibitively expensive or simple dies. His stated objective was said to be to make coal energy too expensive to survive. (not a direct quote). Further, it is and has been apparent for some time to me that for new sources of energy to become viable will require government support because no businessman in his right mind would invest in development unless he could see profitability somewhere ahead.

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same10 Wrote: Aug 04, 2012 7:50 PM

Guess we'll have to sell all our coal to China!!

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The Pixie Dust Energy Source

Solar is the power of the future and the power of the past. What solar isn’t, is the power of the present. That’s because using solar power to generate electricity is expensive. Still. And that’s not going to change anytime soon, no matter how many political fundraisers are held by solar advocates.

According to Bloomberg, recent price decreases in solar equipment have driven costs from about 25 cents per kwh to 17 cents per kwh for photovoltaic (PV) powered solar energy, the least expensive form of solar power deployable at scale. But that’s a far cry from the average retail price...

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