http://www.renewable-energy-news.info/sunpower-solar-stock/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.renewable-energy-news.info/sunpower-solar-stock/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Jacob Prell Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:17:56 +0000 http://www.renewable-energy-news.info/?p=286#comment-71 I don't see why this news strikes people as shocking. We sit amidst a recession people; little to no jobs, everyone trying to save for an upcoming emergency. Solar energy is too expensive and expansive to set up compared to other resources. If you've got a 500 acre plot you're willing to drop a few million dollars on(that happens to be in a dominantly sunny part of the country) then by all means, I'm all for it. But unless there's a profit margin involved, you probably shouldn't count on our underpaid and unemployed to invest in a new industry. That's the job of the companies. It's been proven down the line that renewable resources, such as wind and solar are best utilized, not on a grand scheme, but in smaller, more localized clusters. It's not in the nature of electricity to travel so far, and in doing so, we waste quite a substantial amount of resources. Why not start supplying the immediate areas surrounding the plants and sell the surplus back. If more did that, less would be needed from outside sources. PLUS, the sun never stops shining completely, the wind never stops blowing completely. Once the overhead of the generators is paid off, the maintenance is minimal,and the profits are virtually perpetual. I won't lie. Solar energy isn't my gig, even living in the sunshine state. They're big and expensive. I'm a wind power advocate myself. BUT they're both clean, unending, acceptable alternatives to coal and nuclear power. I live on the shore where wind is strong and land space is small and expensive. Wind power is more suited for here, unless they install cells on the top of the hotels...hmmm (there's a thought...) Anyways...Start looking to other alternative energy sources. They've got solar figured out. It's when we put the sources together that we get true power. (ex. solar cells don't produce during a storm...storms bring wind...wind turbines accommodate the solar cells during the storms. That doesn't require genius, just a little organization. Florida Tempest Wind Co. I don’t see why this news strikes people as shocking. We sit amidst a recession people; little to no jobs, everyone trying to save for an upcoming emergency. Solar energy is too expensive and expansive to set up compared to other resources. If you’ve got a 500 acre plot you’re willing to drop a few million dollars on(that happens to be in a dominantly sunny part of the country) then by all means, I’m all for it. But unless there’s a profit margin involved, you probably shouldn’t count on our underpaid and unemployed to invest in a new industry. That’s the job of the companies.
It’s been proven down the line that renewable resources, such as wind and solar are best utilized, not on a grand scheme, but in smaller, more localized clusters. It’s not in the nature of electricity to travel so far, and in doing so, we waste quite a substantial amount of resources. Why not start supplying the immediate areas surrounding the plants and sell the surplus back. If more did that, less would be needed from outside sources. PLUS, the sun never stops shining completely, the wind never stops blowing completely. Once the overhead of the generators is paid off, the maintenance is minimal,and the profits are virtually perpetual.
I won’t lie. Solar energy isn’t my gig, even living in the sunshine state. They’re big and expensive. I’m a wind power advocate myself. BUT they’re both clean, unending, acceptable alternatives to coal and nuclear power. I live on the shore where wind is strong and land space is small and expensive. Wind power is more suited for here, unless they install cells on the top of the hotels…hmmm (there’s a thought…)
Anyways…Start looking to other alternative energy sources. They’ve got solar figured out. It’s when we put the sources together that we get true power. (ex. solar cells don’t produce during a storm…storms bring wind…wind turbines accommodate the solar cells during the storms. That doesn’t require genius, just a little organization.
Florida Tempest Wind Co.

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