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Chile Bets on Solar Power
ecoworldly.com — Chile is making enormous inroads in its attempt to be virtually independent of fossil fuel by developing different solar energy projects.
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- shogan191, on 07/17/2008, -0/+20Obviously the people of Chile are more advanced than some of their northern neighbors.
- lshogan, on 07/17/2008, -0/+17Amazing that the U.S. is supposed to be a super power, yet here is another prime example that other countries are working harder than we are.
- gavinhudson, on 07/17/2008, -0/+2Yes, but in defense of the US, they are doing pretty well with developing wind too. A lot of the largest wind farms in the world are in the US. Still, Germany is leading with the greatest number.
- scotq, on 07/17/2008, -0/+16Wish we would make this bet in the US too, instead of the sheer stupidity of continuing to drill in special places for oil and blow off mountaintops for coal!
- OffPiste, on 07/17/2008, -1/+4"will invest 40 million dollars in the first solar power plant in Chile."
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Talk to me when its in billion of dollars. - Fangsinmybeard, on 07/17/2008, -0/+10The returns could reach in the trillions, once they start selling the power to other countries.
- GovernmentsGun, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4Once solar passes fossil on the $/w scale, you'll see more solar developments.
- chemrat, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2It already did according to some accounts. See greenchemistry.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/solar-panels-and-the-quest-for-1watt-were-there/
- JackDarkholer, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5The future will be better tomorrow
- videoclipsmiami, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5It's definitely a technology that needs to be used more and more.
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