By: Gooch

Gooch — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:50:59 +0000

Very very little. Even if the govt scrapped one destroyer we could benefit thousands impacted by the high cost of oil. It would be enough to power(at $4 a watt) 100000 typical homes indefinitely with solar (based on 40kw power consumption/day)
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By: jon

jon — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:04:59 +0000

Yes. Because the companies which supply us with energy have a lot of us employed. This makes for a difficult process. Plus there are myriads of companies which are in the chain to supply energy. It is hard to shift that many people instantly. It is being done slowly now. When the alternate ideas are spread more,more people who are in the current energy supply companies change over and they make money. There will be a snowball effect and everyone will jump in. I seen this take place in our economy beginning in 1959. I started working at a company that made lawnmower ,snow blower gas engines. When I started we built 800 engines a day ,10 years later later we were building 12,000 engines a day. to run almost anything power. The engine started in the machine shop where it was machined to specs,in 60 minutes it had gas in the engine running in the test bed. In 1 hour it was packed and in the truck. Now most of this is made in China,etc We now produce the major supply of solar panels in the world and ship 80 % out to the world.We need more engineers, Smart people who refuse to give up producing alternate energy ! We must Sell more to other countries. We can do it when we have the right people ready!
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By: Grady

Grady — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:19:59 +0000

Not much in any country because the big oil companys don’t want us to change – but that is changing slowly.
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By: Larry T

Larry T — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:56:59 +0000

What country?
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