February 19, 2007

Is cheap solar power on the way?

Perhaps, or perhaps not, but this speculative piece by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard gives food for thought. What would the consequences be for the man-made contribution to climate change - whatever that is?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmmmm..............well i wasnt impressed with this article! where are they going to get all that indium, gallium and selenium from?
how scaleable is the process?
what happens at night?
will it need cleaning?
what is its life?
how is the electricity removed from the film?

Serf said...

It will happen one day, whether this is the product or not is a different matter.

The great thing about such technology is that if the worst fears of the climate change lobby come true, then its a great solution, if they don't then we have lost nothing.