I'm of the opinion that with current technology 'the powers that be' 
plus many interested parties are looking at PV and other alternative 
energy sources from the wrong perspective.

I firmly believe, that we should be looking at micro generation 
alongside other energy saving techniques.

Therefore rather than baseline grid connected PV installations we 
should actually be looking at either street distributed power power 
generation or household generation.  I haven't analysed the figures, 
but I would think many households would eb able to run all lighting 
(with low power bulbs or LEDS), many light power users - such as 
radios, even newer LCD sets (where's SED when you wan tit?), most 
rechargers for phones, toothbrush etc. This just leaves high power 
guzzlers such as cookers and possibly refrigerators, to be fed by grid 
connected energy.

I think if some governments in countries that have plenty of silica 
and guaranteed sunshine channelled the dosh they spend on adventures 
abroad, to pay for research in making PV more effective - such as the 
CSIRO flexible hexagonal polymer with holes in it - apparently this 
creates for more ergs to the square thingy than conventional solid PV 
arrays, a certain country and others would be able to lead the world 
and make great strides forward.

Colin

:: Having recently argued that the net cost of PV installations
:: exceeds the energy costs of production, I'll here introduce
:: a peer reviewed paper that suggests just the opposite. He
:: also notes why (he says) 'tis so and what would change the
:: dynamics.
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