It's almost like Mother Gaea wants to make fools of these greenies. Seems like every big meeting gets rained or snowed out while they try to convince us of "glowbull worming".
$100,000 for big doll houses with very expensive roofs that will need replacement every 20 years or so, not to mention what happens if there's a hailstorm or big winds.
Oh, and the roofs don't generate at night, or during cloudy days, or if covered with snow, or if you let them get dirty. The roof pictured in the article produces a whopping 8 kW on a bright sunny day - enough to run a typical home's lighting and appliances, unless you have a washer and dryer and A/C, and you use your lights during the sunny day. If you want lights at NIGHT, you need a huge bank of batteries, either those eco-friendly lead-acid units that weigh 200 pounds each and need replacement every ten years or so, or some of those wunderbar new lithium cells, which cost 10 times what lead-acid does for the same capacity, and rely on places like China for the rare elements inside.
Seems like they made a missstatement - "Chu has reason to be hopeful that the competition pays off" - shouldn't that be "Chu has reason to pray that the competition pays off" after his department wasted $100K per contestant?
Forgot - under Osama, it's how much you can get to your supporters, not whether or not they do anything that helps America with the money...
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Solar Decathlon's Rainy Start
Chu has reason to be hopeful that the competition pays off: The Department of Energy gives a $100,000 grant to each team just to participate in the Solar Decathlon, in addition to all the other costs of hosting and producing the competition. (Some of the other costs are offset by the myriad sponsors--from Lowe's to Pepco.)
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