tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post834985780245954723..comments2023-04-01T08:49:45.052-07:00Comments on East Bay Conservative: Sucker Purchase: Solar Panels On The RoofThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650604704513105339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-31157388478445242572012-10-28T13:13:51.000-07:002012-10-28T13:13:51.000-07:00EBC, According to NREL, the "energy payback&q...EBC,<br><br> According to NREL, the "energy payback" period for solar PV is 4 years or less, depending on the type of system. Meaning you get 20+ years of actual pollution reduction: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35489.pdf<br><br> RoryRory McIlmoilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-63992679965749327692009-01-06T04:34:24.000-08:002009-01-06T04:34:24.000-08:00Just build more nuke plants if you really want to ...Just build more nuke plants if you really want to keep fossil fuels in the ground.Davidhttp://biohedger.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-75088863132022702882008-12-29T00:27:27.000-08:002008-12-29T00:27:27.000-08:00Just back from Israel where I visited a solar powe...Just back from Israel where I visited a solar power research institute, Sde Boker at Ben Gurion U. Basically EB Conservative they confirmed your assertion that PV solar panel rooftop are a waste and not sustainable.The fact is is that without subsidies the PV rooftop solar panels make little sense- though they have certain useful applications such as off the grid. What they did show us was a parabolic concentrator that is inexpensive b/c mirrors cost much less than silicon (and they do use PV just a much smaller amount.) Anyway again you have showed a superior understanding than some of the those who we entrust our tax $ to.SF2OAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-15738449516196600002008-11-30T00:32:39.000-08:002008-11-30T00:32:39.000-08:00This is the same reason hybrid automobiles are so ...This is the same reason hybrid automobiles are so expensive. When I was an environmental journalist in the early '70s, I interviewed a physicist at Cal Tech. He was all gung ho about 3M developing photovoltaic material much like Scoth Tape. Cheap and easy to work with. Much of the "green" technology being hyped today has evolved very little over the past 30 years. I was just at a get-together with some major enviro players and I got some to agree with me that most of these ideas are just plain too expensive. The "thinking like capitalists" part is particularly right on.mark rossnoreply@blogger.com