FYI, nothing about Kucinich and impeachment, nothing about FDA officials on the take, and nothing news, really.
So screw 'em. I'm up and out today. You know what they are.
"Innovation fuels solar power drive; Rising fuel prices, new technology help make such generation feasible" by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff | July 11, 2008
Solar power, which has been the next big thing on the energy horizon for decades, may finally be reaching a tipping point.
Long considered far too expensive to be a viable power source, solar energy is now benefiting from technological innovation, environmental concerns and the ever-rising cost of fossil fuels.
All that time we've lost!
John Deutch, an MIT Institute professor who knows something about solar's troubled trajectory. Deutch recalls standing in the White House Rose Garden when he worked for the Department of Energy in 1979, and laying out to reporters the goal of filling one-fifth of America's energy needs with solar power by 2000. Instead, he has watched, over the past three decades, as the portion of energy created by solar has remained at less than 1 percent.
Because of the massive size of the energy marketplace, solar energy will not replace significant amounts of fossil fuels in the near future. But that also presents a huge opportunity for any company that gets solar right.
Then why is it a front-page article?
Please see post directly above as a companion piece, readers.
