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RobertEarl

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3. I hear you

Tue May 1, 2012, 10:13 AM

May 2012

You think Big Solar has been beaten by Big Oil and Big Coal and Big Nukes.

I hear you. So does everyone else. And if we agreed with you we would all be wrong.

Thing is that Big Solar, after all the billions of dollars spent trying to kill it - along with the reaganites - is alive and about to take over. Win. Become the biggest energy converter ever. Remember "Too cheap to meter"? That's the sun, son.

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Solar Stks Rally; Citi Analyst Calls Bottom [View all] FBaggins May 2012 OP

Yep RobertEarl May 2012 #1

Big solar has won? FBaggins May 2012 #2

I hear you RobertEarl May 2012 #3

All the billions trying to kill it? FBaggins May 2012 #4

Every rooftop is "few"?? RobertEarl May 2012 #6

Lol. FBaggins May 2012 #8

Image in this RobertEarl May 2012 #9

Lovely imagination you have. FBaggins May 2012 #10

You have no imagination? RobertEarl May 2012 #11

You're kidding, right? FBaggins May 2012 #12

Geeez RobertEarl May 2012 #13

Lol... try a little reading comprehension. FBaggins May 2012 #14

damn RobertEarl May 2012 #15

You think solar power systems are immune to solar storms? NickB79 May 2012 #16

Were you under the impression that the grid becomes safe... FBaggins May 2012 #17

Here's ya some internet RobertEarl May 2012 #18

Thanks for proving my point. FBaggins May 2012 #19

heh RobertEarl May 2012 #20

Can you give a few examples? FBaggins May 2012 #21

This says nothing about using solar to run back-up generators at NPP's NickB79 May 2012 #22

I know that RobertEarl May 2012 #23

Of course a solar array would work kristopher May 2012 #24

Then why don't you take a shot at the question? FBaggins May 2012 #25

Baggins, baggins, baggins RobertEarl May 2012 #27

Please provide this "consensus" you speak of. FBaggins May 2012 #29

Whoa, Dude RobertEarl May 2012 #30

Lol... what a shocker. FBaggins May 2012 #32

Louisiana Solar Rebates and Incentives kristopher May 2012 #33

Sorry... you're really going to run with that? FBaggins May 2012 #34

I think you and Fbaggins are talking past each other here NickB79 May 2012 #35

There was significant press coverage that all the wind and most of the solar survived Fukushima. kristopher May 2012 #36

You and your constant stream of red herrings become very tiresome kristopher May 2012 #28

I think he's losing it, Kris RobertEarl May 2012 #31

yep RobertEarl May 2012 #26

Baggins is in denial... kristopher May 2012 #5

He is in 'somewhere' RobertEarl May 2012 #7