[Wobs]

Originally Posted by LMagic007

Show me a global situation of tight energy supply relative to demand and Climate Change concerns as we have now, projected to 2050 and beyond ! No again your representation is missleading. I did not say growth rates would definately continue. I qualified my comments by stating "At current global growth rates". I further qualified them by stating that "if these growth rates fall dramatically, then yes one might question the direction" So once you again have changed the true representation of my remarks.

We've always had concerns about energy supply, fears of fuels running out. Yet here we are and still approx the same amount of years of fuel left.

I haven't misrepresented you at all. To make a statement of "At current global growth rates ( 40% - 50% ) of Solar PV deployment, by 2030 Solar PV will have had a significant impact on our energy balance" is unrealistic. Whether economic growth slows or not, solar PV will not continue to grow at current rates. The reasons I stated still stand:

wobs wrote:

The improvements in terms of cost, and performance have eaked out improvements overall which has made them more appealing to some more people, and this is what we have seen in the increase in sales. The market will find its own level again after the improvements have found their niches.

While its encouraging that PV has increased in popularity, there will be a limit to such growth.

Do you agree with the statement?
If you never believe that growth would continue at such a rate, then why say it?

Meaningless. How long is a piece of string ?

This long:> { }

As the market always does. Nothing new there. The current market is strong and will be for the forseeable future. Say no more.

See above.

Solar PV is still not showing signs that it will be a major player in energy supplies on a global scale. There are many uses for it, but as a percentage of the total energy demands, its still tiny, even with the improvements.

I've heard that somewhere before. Yes most people appreciate everything has limits. Nobody ever suggested otherwise, so again a mute point.

Seems its not a mute point if you think that growths could continue at current rates, or even 20%.

A nonsense remark. In the context of Solar PV, clean coal comparison is relevant, particularly in the Australian context, which I have mentioned, as we are heavily dependant on coal. Find a forum that talks singularly about one technology to the exclusion of all others. Somehow I doubt it, so petty again.

I'm tryng to get my head around your attitude here. All I said was that if you had any developments on clean coal technology then feel free to put some up. To go into detail into it, it would seem appropriate that the fossil fuel forum would be the place to put them. Where's the problem?