The Goat Pen

billy bob bocephus wrote:Feb., 2011 "IBM’s new thin-film solar cell has broken a world record for having an efficiency of 9.6 percent."

when solar cells hit the 35-40% efficiency range then they will be acceptable - 40 - 50 years maybe?

billy bob bocephus wrote:Feb., 2011 "IBM’s new thin-film solar cell has broken a world record for having an efficiency of 9.6 percent."

when solar cells hit the 35-40% efficiency range then they will be acceptable - 40 - 50 years maybe?

Dr. Strangelove wrote:So right now we have Newt, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Herman Cain, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Donald Trump, Rick Santorum all running and probably soon Huckabee, Palin, Mitch Daniels, and some other dopes too. Wow. Quite a collection of talent

Professor Tiger wrote:If Obama says something in the middle of a forest, and there was nobody there to hear him, would he still be wrong?

Jungle Rat wrote:Pubs have no chance. Obama is getting 4 more years and they hate that.

What effeciency criteria are they using???

....let's stop demonizing Big Oil to score political points. It does nothing to encourage the new talent, new ideas, and new entrepreneurs who are most likely to make breakthroughs in new sources of energy.

There's a Big 10 offense somewhere in there... Who's the QB?

WSJ wrote:Many of the million-dollar couples believe they rightfully deserve the benefits they have been promised. They have, after all, spent all of their working years paying into Social Security and Medicare. And true enough, the typical 66-year old couple and their employers, on their behalf, have contributed nearly $500,000 in payroll taxes (in today's dollars) toward these benefits during their working careers.

But regardless of how much they have contributed, the hard reality is that the federal government has already spent it. No matter how deserving they are, it is younger generations of workers who have to come up with the money.

So today's seniors need to consider how they want the script for "The Millionaire" sequel to be written: There's a knock at the door. We now know that on the other side there's a check for a million dollars. When the door opens, do we really want to see our children, under the commanding gaze of Uncle Sam, presenting us with that check?

AugustWest wrote:However the main cost driver is they are just not efficient to make

flat panel tv screens used to be very expensive to make too. make it worth while for consumers to put solar panels on every roof and the price will plummet and efficiency will skyrocket.