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I feel like the crazy decline in cost of solar will catch us in time, even if this is true. http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/renewable-energy/important-gra

• olefoo 13y ago
  To what extent is the solar economy dependent on the petrol economy? Solar is great for architectural uses, and with a decent electrical grid you can even out and match up the fluctuations in demand and generation. But if you need to ship quantities of energy dense easily usable power around; it's really hard to beat hydrocarbon fuels. And for manufacturing and installing all those solar facilities...?