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April 20th 04, 05:20 PM
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Anthony Matonak wrote:
KR Williams wrote: In article , box says... It isn't cost effective for most of us yet, but the tipping point is coming. So is the end of the oil reserves. It's been coming twenty years from now, for about a hundred years. Your _doomsday_ assertion that oil reserves are ending is totally ridiculous. There are a zillion gallons of oil locked up in shale in North America, just waiting for an economical way to extract them. Problem is, they cost too much to extract, so that's not practical _at_this_time_. But if the price of petroleum continues to go up, then finally someday the point will come where the cost to extract it *is* competitive. Then it will get included in reserves. Another possibility is that if the cost of petroleum continues to rise, the cost of alternative energy sources may become more competitive, and will replace petroleum. Alcohol from corn is one that comes to mind. Maybe if the cost of gas goes up another buck or so, I'll be able to drive down the street without having to fight so much traffic. All those gas guzzling vehicles will drive their owners to the poorhouse and they'll stay off the roads. ;-) The tipping point will certainly come, but the large generators will make it there before your ****-ant house will. I think the main point is that solar PV is a technology that does not require massive infrastructure. It's something that can be done on an individual and distributed basis. The big power companies really don't have that much advantage over individuals. Anthony |
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