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FrostedFlake -> RE: Abundance is our Future -- Peter Diamandis (5/5/2012 11:10:44 PM)
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He's right you know.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/08/solar-and-nuclear-costs-the-historic-crossover
[image]http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/assets/images/story/2010/8/10/1-1332-solar-and-nuclear-costs-the-historic-crossover.jpg[/image]
The cost of solar electric power is the most significant metric of future economic and social trends. This is because the fuel of a solar cell is nothing. You need not dig it up, you need not burn it, you need not deal with the waste and there will be more, tomorrow, as sure as the Sunrise.
Zen that. It changes everything, doesn't it. I would have used a question mark, if that were a question. But it's a statement. Isn't it.
And not wanting to remain in the condition I find myself, I have a plan to take advantage of the new conditions to amass fantastic wealth while benefiting everyone to such an extent that when Congress does finally outlaw privately owned internal combustion engines no-one is going to feel put upon, except those who want the infernal machine outlawed entirely.
I would be pleased to brag about my fabulous ideas, but, if I don't get there first, the idea will forever belong to someone else. And so too, the money. So pardon me if I clam up at this point.
ETA : The curves in the above graphic are normalized to 2010 $. Inflation makes the curves look steeper.
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