Interesting and excellent post MB
And while I agree with some of it I'm still not convinced
As you say millions of pounds are spent in developement etc on new products and I agree that the end user has to cop this to a degree, how ever its not like solar panels are new
we've (military and the likes) have been using these for YEARS, just one that sticks in my mind was Skylab and that was in the early 70's so its not new tech.
While I agree the panels are a bit tricky to make, we have had some practice now and we've been making them for over 40yrs, OK efficiencies have been much improved from the early ones but whats going on with the price
You've just said that plasma prices dropped vastly in just 4yrs
so you'd expect in 40yrs panels would be at the very least at a reasonable price
I'm not sure that you can say PV panels are difficult to make work, even poorly.......you just point them at the sun
Certainly from my view point nothing can be simpler, and the single 120watt panel I have have has amazed me in the amount of power it generates, what puts me off getting more is the dam price which is I feel the issue with most people, its the same with EV's if you look at what has to go into an EV its far less than a ICE vehicle less moving parts less machining etc etc so why are we being charged more for them
I get this argument most times with folks and my Blingo, that and how far will it go, how fast will it go and what does it cost to buy. Bearing in mind a new blingo was about 6K, from memory, more than its deisel version
As for your shares Jon, how are the CEO's etc doing in the company
but then again they arnt selling many cos they arnt priced correctly, to me its a chicken an egg issue ?
ChrisB
PS Book MB ....what book
so come on then spill da beans