On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 03:18:44PM -0800, Bill Frantz wrote: > At 2:24 PM -0800 1/29/03, Eugen Leitl wrote: > >Feds are sure inefficient, but the random dispersal of funds does tend to > >hit the far shots now and then. The private sector tends to ruthlessly > >optimize on the short run (because the long shot doesn't pay if you go > >broke before you can reap the possible benefits). > > Back a few years ago, probably back during the great gas crisis (i.e. OPEC) > years, there were a lot of small companies working on solar power. As far > as I know, they were all bought up by oil companies. Of course, only a > paranoid would think that they were bought to suppress a competing > technology. > All bought up by oil companies? Hmmm -- maybe you should do some googling on solar panels, alternative energy, etc. Solar's been a growing industry for some time, being very widely installed around the world. You can even buy it a Home Depot. It's getting quite cheap, many people are finding it a better buy than paying an electric bill.
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