Beside better batteries, cheaper net metering (and sine wave inverters) can allow you to "sell back" to the grid at a much lower initial price point. And use the grid as a really big, and efficient, battery.
Also, I think other types of energy storage are also going to be used. Kinetic, compressed air, heat sinks. It doesn't all need to be electron-based. I am very excited by this. On Dec 21, 2007 3:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The bad news is that they are sold out for the next year. The good news is > that they have real money behind them so they can ramp up production which > is the key to their success. They're cheap enough that anyone can get them > and add them to their roofs to offset some of their electrical usage. Then > can even be 'printed' directly onto the hood/trunk/top of a Prius for added > millage. > The next step is to make even better batteries for storage over the night. > Once really solid and cheap storage is available then there's going to see > some real sociological changes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248867 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
