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OKIsItJustMe

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4. Oponents have been spinning the report to make it seem negative.

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:53 AM

Apr 2013

The report is actually positive.

The payback time on a panel is now less than 2 years. Panels that were made 10 years ago, when the payback was more than 5 years, have already paid off their energy debt.

Meanwhile, even though the industry is growing at a phenomenal rate, the currently deployed cells are generating enough energy to manufacture all of the new ones.

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Global solar photovoltaic industry is likely now a net energy producer, Stanford researchers find [View all] OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 OP

That's deceptive. FBaggins Apr 2013 #1

I agree Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #3

Oponents have been spinning the report to make it seem negative. OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #4

I'm not saying that they intend to decieve... FBaggins Apr 2013 #5

I find spinning to be a fascinating thing OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #6

I don't know... FBaggins Apr 2013 #9

It's pathetic. wtmusic Apr 2013 #7

What was I saying about spin? OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #8

Blah blah blah. Here's mine: wtmusic Apr 2013 #10

Blah Blah Blah indeed� OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #11

More Van Leeuwen nonsense from Marc Jacobson's Church of Renewables. wtmusic Apr 2013 #12

Nice graph! Does it say anything about Greenhouse Gases? OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #13

WOW. That's all I can say. On several levels, wow. Gregorian Apr 2013 #2