Musk: Solar Will Kick Coal's Ass

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PayPal Founder Predicts: Solar Will Kick Coal's Ass | EcoGeek

Elon Musk: Solar Will Be the Largest Source of Power in 30 Years « Earth2Tech

"Musk said that including solar thermal and solar photovoltaics, solar will generate more electricity than any other source of power, and the majority of that technology will be driven by the United States."

 

[malcolm]

Time to stop burning his money in rocketry?

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - Media

 

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Searched for a Solar thread to put this announcement under.

Yeah it's just another Solar plant but this is big. Real big.

With current or in-progress Solar outputs at numbers like 14, 23, 40, 64 megawatts, this one stands out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15solar.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Elon's prediction seemed like a good a place as any put this news.