Will solar become the next cheap fuel? If Nanosolar is on the level, coal ain’t looking inexpensive anymore…even if you ignore the environmental costs.
(h/tip Grist)
See Memeorandum for discussion
UPDATE- See Middle Earth Journal for commentary:
"This is perhaps the greatest threat the corporate energy industry has seen. Coal was seen as the only alternative to large scale energy production. Alternatives have been far too expensive - until now. It represents an even greater threat; it can be decentralized making those thousands of mile of transmission lines unnecessary and eliminating the monopoly that electric power has been. There are no big profits in roof top electrical generation. Look for the powerful to attempt to erect roadblocks to stop it's widespread use. This represents a bigger threat to big energy than global warming."
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