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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.electronics,sci.physics
Subject: Re: solar cells
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Date: 4 Jan 91 00:03:37 GMT
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In article <37487@cup.portal.com> Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) writes:
|you took the statement out of context.  In comparison to Nuclear Energy,
|the solar cells are the Nuclear power plant, *NOT* the fuel that runs the
|power plant.

I don't care if the poison comes from the construction of the physical
plant or the burning of the fuel, why do you?

|All the costs must be added in in order to find the actual price per unit
|of energy delivered by any source.

So how come you keep ignoring the manufacture of solar cells?

|  Chemical "poisons" can be broken down using current technology.

Explain to me how you plan to break down elemental poisons like
Arsenic and Lead?

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