Steveromagnino, you and I are on the same page.

But let's be real about this, there's no back-handers to be made in these simple to implement and proven means of saving energy.

No we need a Multi-Billion Dollar project that requires vetting and a bidding war.... now that's were the money is.

Over it’s lifetime a single gram of silicon as used in a 17% efficient PV silicon solar cell can produce 3,700 kWh of electricity without releasing any life threatening toxic and radioactive substances.

Bwahahaha!

The growth of the solar power industry is poisoning land in China, according to the Washington Post.

Polysilicon, which is widely used to make solar panels, is in short supply. In the rush to make it cheaply, a Chinese company reportedly is dumping toxic waste into the ground, killing wildlife and endangering human health.

The newspaper describes green fields in the nation's eastern central Henan Province that have turned snow white from the powdery waste of silicon tetrachloride, four tons of which result from every ton of polysilicon created. Toxic hydrogen chloride gas and acids waft from the waste.

Having worked in China I think you can say the same for any industry they have. Rapacious greed is allowing Chinese industries to poison their own environment.

Having worked in China I think you can say the same for any industry they have. Rapacious greed is allowing Chinese industries to poison their own environment.

Yeah, it's the "China Miracle" economy:

http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazin...ution-in-china/