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@ Bertie:now you seem to be very skeptical that it has good long-term potential.

No. I am just tired of people saying that we should wait a just a little longer, because "in the long term" solar will be ok. Solar is ok now. No need to wait anymore.

The power output of photovoltaic cells is strongly dependent on light intensity.

Yes, and if there's enough sun in Germany, then there is enough sun in the entire US, except for Alaska because Germany is located mostly north of the US.

You don't "need" low-density housing.

Good. Glad we got that settled.

The cost of solar cells and mounting infrastructure

Sure. And deep drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico is cheap, right? Fracking is the spontaneous release of gas from the ground, not? Those oils sands in Canada just have clean barrels of oil hidden in them.

The only reason why solar is perceived to be more expensive, is because the competition happens outside the normal vision of regular people, combined with the fact that the competition has pretty much bribed the government into giving it tax money.

Level the playing field, in people will use solar.

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