Germany, if I remember correctly, is moving heavily into solar and wind. They are encouraging their citizens to generate their own power and put it back on the grid. Their goal is to eliminate one of the existing older nuclear plants. Todd On Friday 13 June 2008 12:11, Tom Jennings wrote: > Solar/wind/nuclear electric beats it all 100 times over, yet that would > upset the oil industries (solar/wind) and the rest of us politically > (nuclear). > > Don't overlook that the spectacularly performing semiconductor industry > (transistors... ICs... computers in phones...) have brought solar cell > tech to nearly 30% efficiency routinely -- it goes up about 2% a year > now -- they're way past the point of cost-effectiveness for mass > deployment. There's no will for it though. > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list