<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>> I come back to the thing I have been saying for years. <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">> If you
aren't making solar CHEAPER, you aren't helping.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">> Fortunately, there
are people who are making it much cheaper.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">> It is about 2 cents per
kWh, cheaper than power company</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">> electrons here at the moment.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div>Fresnel lenses should make solar much cheaper, but focusing the light to a smaller area, you need less cell area. since the heat is also concentrated, the system should allow for better utilization of the heat too.<br><br>Let's say solar becomes really cheap. Would that necessarily stop the use of fossil fuels? Or will we just use more energy? <br><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>I'll come back to what I've been saying for years, technology (or lack of
it) is neither the problem or the solution. That's not to say I don't love innovative designs that will allow me to reduce my footprint. <br><br>~sanjay<br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>