Re: Payback time on Solar

> We can show that standard flat plate PV panels today that generate 1
> watt for $3.50 or so, can generate a kilowatt hour for about 25 cents
> in most places in the US.  Clearly at this price, the market is far
> larger than the few
>
> We can show too that advanced concentrating PV systems that generate 1
> watt for $0.35 can generate a kilowatt hour for about 2.5 cents in
> most places in the US.

But can you show me any PV system that been manufactured by PV generated
electricity?  By that I mean everything from smelting the Al and Si to the
forklift putting the boxes on a truck.  If PV systems were so great at
making low cost power I'd think PV manufactures would be the first users of
them.

When I see manufactures, of almost any kind, using PV systems I will believe
they (the PVs) can meet their hype.