http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-boom-so-successfull-its-been-halted
A Solar Boom So Successful, It's Been Halted On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com>wrote: > > http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/10/business/ray-kurzweil-future-of-human-life/index.html > > If we could capture one part in ten thousand of the sunlight that falls on > the Earth we could meet 100% of our energy needs, using this renewable and > environmentally friendly source. > > As we apply new molecular scale technologies to solar panels, the cost per > watt is coming down rapidly. Already Deutsche Bank, in a recent report, > wrote "The cost of unsubsidized solar power is about the same as the cost > of electricity from the grid in India and Italy. By 2014 even more > countries will achieve solar 'grid parity.'" > > The total number of watts of electricity produced by solar energy is > growing exponentially, doubling every two years. *It is now less than > seven doublings from 100%.* > > Kurzweil has a great track record for recognizing technology that is > growing exponentially. He was one of the first to describe the cost of > plotting the genome as decreasing in price exponentially. > > I think it also makes sense, when it comes to solar energy. The amount of > money being invested in this is huge and it's actually creating real, and > very important results. >
