Who says solar sucks at scale? Has it ever been deployed at a large scale? AFAIK the issue with solar and wind is that economies of scale have not yet kicked in. That, and the utility companies don't like it when meters run backwards.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > And since Exxon is the only energy company in the world ... oh wait. Right, > there is an entire industry of alternative energy companies that can't > compete because their technology is shit. > > You are so clueless. Do oil and coal have an advantage because of existing > infrastructure? Well duh. It is up to alternative energy producers to > overcome those obstacles. Alternatives can't be just as good, or slightly > better, than existing technologies. They have to be a lot better than > existing technologies to become disruptive. Where is the disruptive > technology? Solar sucks at scale. Wind sucks at scale. There is only one > existing technology that is a lot better than fossil fuels at scale and > that > is nuclear. > > You want to support building a bunch of nuclear plants? I'm all for it. > > > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> > wrote:> > > > Of course, if such an alternative existed, this entire discussion would > > be > > > moot because energy companies all over the world would be vying to > deploy > > it > > > and rake in the profits. > > > > You keep saying shit like that like its self evident. But its not > > true. Its just not. > > > > > > > Its really not rocket science. Just because a product like solar power > > can be very advantageous for the general public does not mean that it > > will work best for Exxon. And Exxon is not in the business of doing > > the best thing for the general public, they are in the business of > > doing the best thing for Exxon. So it doesn't matter if solar may be > > more economical, if it doesn't match up well with the 10-billion a > > quarter companies, its going to have a tough slog for adoption. That's > > just life. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
