Posted on 06/24/2006 11:19:37 AM PDT by Abathar
Someone with money to burn is providing the financing. There will be no payoff from these efforts for decades. And wait until the Greenies realize that Mining (gasp) will be needed to provide the raw materials.
Liberals used to love wind power too, until people started raising money and said, "We're going to build windmills!". All of a sudden, liberals don't like it any more.
The same will happen with solar power, if someone figures out a way to make it practical on a large scale.
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