[PRCo] Re: Free power from the sun

[Derrick Brashear]

> There is only one thing 'Free' in life and most humans reject
> it since the beginning of time don't they.  'Everything' else has
> a price.  Here the price is the equipment to harvest the sun
> for electricity.  This 'may' be costly now relative to (?) but
> cost will drop with time.  It is an honorable undertaking isn't
> it because it is in harmony with cutting emissions that
> reportedly cause global warming.  How do solar panels fare
> when it is time to recycle is 'a' question.


It's hard to know what the true cost is. Many don't believe that
pollution has a cost; For those folks, the
equation is simpler: will the solar panels save their cost in power
during their service life? Probably
not, but lacking a crystal ball, can't say. If you do believe
pollution has a price (I do; Apparently so do you)
how do you quantify that price as an input to the equation? We haven't
worked out a way to do it yet.

Good morning from London; About to shower and head to Heathrow for
Rome. Fred, I do have some pictures of the holes in
Edinburgh to post eventually.

Derrick