| Re: Do not feed the Dinosaur!
Mark Hickey wrote:
> Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Mark Hickey wrote:
> >> Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >>> You don't want to even try to cut down on coal/oil burning plants?
> >>
> >> Sure, but not by using more resources to build solar panels that won't
> >> return the energy (much less the cost) for many years to come.
> >
> >And it is OK to waste that same Silicon to make tons of
> >games/gadgets/cell phones!
>
> First, since silicon is essentially sand, I'm not worried about
> running out of it any time soon. Second, photocells use a lot more
> than the itty bitty little microscopic junctions in most semiconductor
> devices (where a single die the size of a small solar panel might
> contain hundreds of microprocessor chips).
More like thousands actually.
Graham
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