From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Thu Jul 08 1999 - 08:35:52 MDT
bradbury@aeiveos.com wrote:
>The problem is getting the cost of the solar cells to drop by
>a factor of 2 to 3 (which is likely to be by 2010-2015 given
>current trends). If we got serious about minimizing our
>environmental impact (global warming, salmon loss, etc.) and
>factored the hidden costs of fossil fuels/hydroelectric into
>electrical production. then it might happen much sooner.
You will, of course, also be factoring the hidden costs of photovoltaics
into electrical production? I don't know enough about current technology,
but traditionally solar cell production has used highly toxic chemicals
and more power than the cells ever produced in their lifetime.
Mark
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