PowerLight brings solar power to Korea

Anyone who still thinks Nuclear Power is excessively dangerous, must still think we are living with 70's, complete with analog control technologies, which by the, way were able to stop 3Mile Island without and loss of life, although the reactor fuel did melt when the coolant was drained away. Every Year we see people die in coal mining accidents. Many more than Nuke Power in America ever harmed. With the current pace of battery technology we will soon have the option to buy cars using lithium-phospate batteries as the primary source of power, which we recharge from our 2nd Gen Nukes, (or wind farms) emmiting no green house gasses... by the time my kids get old they will likely want all that nuclear "waste" out of Yucca Mountain as a new energy source that currently we cannot concieve of. Nicola Tesla put an A/C motor in a car without batteries an was able to transmitt enough power for it to achieve speeds of 90 MPH!!! Somehow he harnessed the earth's magnetic fields to do it. He was too bitter and selfish a man to share all that a/c technology with us, and no on else has figure out how he did it; but it's true. When someon does, it's likely the entire power industry will fade into history, Nukes and all.

That's what solar is up against--people like aifilaw who think that nuclear is environmentally friendly, who do not care about building for the long term future or about the health of the planet, and who likely vote by their wallets.

Although solar panels are getting more efficient... Nuclear power generates nasty & costly waste issues. It seems that there is not one clear winner for the world's energy appetite. jeff@ www.neptunerecall.com

I would have to agree with aiflaw on this one. Even at 100% efficiency, solar power can only generate ~76 Watts per square foot in strong sunlight and zero Watts when the sun is down. This is some useful power for some applications but not for running a city or even a single home. Put the solar panels in space where the energy is around 10 horsepower per square foot then find a new way to beam the energy back to earth.

aifilaw - that is ridiculous! How is the toxic waste that is produced from Nuclear power environmentally friendly?!

What a tremendous waste of money, due to the costs of electricity here in the US. In order to break even on the production and functional maintainance of that plant it would require about 30 years of operation before costs were recouped. Solar power is inefficient, we should be focusing on expanding our nuclear power program, with the new safety measures in place it narrows the chances of a disaster from 1 in 1 billion to 1 in 100 trillion. And its the cheapest long term and environmentally friendly application of power production.

Are there any U.S. solar generation projects under way? Bill Fortin IBS INC wfortin@ibsbiz.com