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I get it! Gas prices are over $4.00. My wife just put 11 gallons in her Mitsubishi Galant, and it cost $50. She came home, and proceeded to throw up!
Does my wife's aggravation have anything to do with the uptick in folks clicking my "Solar Panel Franchises" articles from the past year? Is it a coincidence? Is it President Bush? Does his announcement that he wants to start more offshore drilling of oil have anything to do with today's interest in Solar Panel Franchises? I have no idea. Is Solar Energy our answer? Please let me know in the comment area! I want to know!!!
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Solar is the future but it is not as yet ready. The primary problem is that most of them are based on silicon semiconductors which are not cost effective when used on that scale.
The solution is either a different type of technology or concentrating solar (mirrors and lenses concentrating a larger amount of light onto a smaller cell).
Beyond that, gas prices are where they are largely due to the failures in other financial markets. As one market collapses it causes everyone to flee to a different market that looks strong. If there are few markets for them to flee to because the credit market is shot and the dollar looks weak then they'll go to commodities because those hold their value better. All commodities have gone up including gold, rice, and yes oil. The price will either ebb down if other markets can be repaired in the near future or collapse as in the case that the price for a product is driven up too far beyond it's worth.
We'll have to see... what we need is time. Time to standardize residential/small scale concentrating solar and time time to let our financial markets sort out their various mistakes.
In any case, it's the cool heads that win. Those that feel markets will never go down or run around in circles screaming that the sky is falling lose.
Posted by: Bill Rogers | July 16, 2008 at 06:08 PM