Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-vcd!johne From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Battery Technology (was Re: solar cells) Message-ID: <2470007@hp-vcd.HP.COM> Date: 3 Jan 91 20:18:47 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA Lines: 14 <<< < There's a place for solar power -- but most of the reason for < subsidies to it is because it is NOT cost-effective for most < situations. ---------- The reason that it is not cost effective is because we are not paying the true cost for our non solar electricity. Every year we are left with less coal and gas, more nuclear waste and fewer fish. Factor in the true cost of that and solar becomes more competitive. John Eaton !hpvcfs1!johne