Solar Investing on CNBC

Solar Set to Shine Again

Video - Obama on Climate Change and Energy.

Sit down and watch some Alt-Energy Documentaries.

Kudos to Aholdd of Yahoo for the find, for both of these videos.


Here Comes The Sun
Directed by: Rob van Hattum
48:19





The Gospel of Green
Directed by: Neil Docherty, Gil Shochat
41:52



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Both of these include conversations with Hermann Scheer, who is apparently one of the primary architects of German Solar Policies. Quite an interesting and persuasive fellow. He has the kind of vision about the future that should definately be spread. On the other hand, he also sees the conflict, between the present Entrenched Interests and Alt-Energy, very clearly. He rightly talks about their eventual destruction in the face of changing technology, and their interest in delaying the onset of the kind of change that people like myself and so many others are interested in bringing about, each in our own way. I happen to believe that the moment that "Big Fossil," and "Big Nuclear" are particularly looking to delay, is that moment in which one of the biggest industry players decides that for their own survival they must no longer suppress the Alt-Energy Industry, but must own it.


The First Video, in particular, is an excellent discussion of the big picture in Solar, and gives several good examples of the Corporate Interests in Solar, with mentions made of of Applied Materials, Solarfun, Schott, Sunpower, BP Solar, and others. Projects and Ideas from across the World the are described by various industry players.

The Second video has a greater focus on Canada and Germany, but includes some great examples of how Germans are making money off of this industry, as well as some of the outrageous hurdles faced by technology developers in Canada.

Must See Video - Peak Oil - TheEndofMoney.com

http://www.chrismartenson.com/peak_oil


This is a great video, and there are many other videos on the same site.


Please take a few minutes and watch it.


My thoughts in brief:

So far, the market itself is doing a shitty job of preparing us for the physical realities that we're about to face. Entrenched Energy interests are suppressing potential competitors (Solar, Wind, etc.) in various ways (both in the Private Sector and in Government). The valuations assigned to things by the market, as dependent on the decisions of its participants; is dependent on the level of information had by those participants. Americans are NOT informed on Energy Issues, and particularly they're not informed on just how critical these issues are in comparison to just about every other issue.

I'd like to see the market do the trick here, and in some way's it is getting started, but its opponents have an incredible amount of power to manipulate the Markets. At the very least, I think they're waiting till November before accepting the fact that things are changing, and the time for massive investment has arrived.

Incredible Paper on the Economic Inviability of Nuclear Power.

The Nuclear Illusion

Here's the Author before Congress.

I could fill pages upon pages with the data that struck me very strongly, but I won't bother. Just read the whole thing. :)

Last, by random chance, an Article on Yahoo's front page gives some support to the challenges of Nuclear.

Pickens Plan Main Page.

The Pickens Plan Main Page.

There are videos, discussion groups, etc. He's obviously trying to build up a heck of a network to support his plan.

Pickens Before Congress - Video.


The most important part of The Pickens Plan for Solar, is that he ties the VALUE of Solar Directly to the value of Natural Gas and Oil for use as Transportation Fuel.

No longer can anyone use the argument that Solar doesn't run their car. Under the Pickens Plan, Solar (and Wind) are used to offset Natural Gas, which can be used to run a Car, which, if used in this way, directly offsets the use of Oil, which would ordinarily have been used to fuel that vehicle.

We're directly tied into Transportation Fuel now.

A man with a Plan - T Boone Pickens.

Peak Oil on CNBC.

Robert Hirsch of the Hirsch Report.

Thinking Ahead - ASTI Solar.

Promotional Video on Ascent Tech, by Norsk Hydro


When you think thin film, think this: ASTI is integrating into building materials, and will be going up in locations that are impossible to serve with any of today's Silicon-based Tech.

Asti is moving into niche of their own, which is a powerful advantage in a rapidly developing market.

BTW: If you're looking for a brief on what ASTI is all about, here's an Investor's Presentation from last year. It's good stuff.

Pelosi and Gingritch agree on Climate Change.

New Gore Slideshow.

See the video.

Credit to Mom_Pop401k on the Yahoo boards for the find.

Edison's Solar Power Push

John Bryson, Edison International chairman CEO. Video Interview.

Sanjay Shrestha Interview on CNBC.

The Solar Trade

Sanjay is debating a joker from The American Enterprise Institute. Sanjay puts up a strong defense of FSLR and SPWR's potential to become price competitive with Coal. In particular, he points out that the typical price given for Coal-generated power is at the "point of production" rather than at the "point of consumption."

As for the opponent, he's a senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute. These guys are Neocon and Big Oil all the way.


Kudos to ibcnu2day69 of Yahoo for the find.

Video: Head of the Asian Development Bank (Japanese)

Here's a video from Bloomberg:

Kuroda of ADB Says Asia Slowdown Would be `Constructive'

He spends 16 minutes or so talking about general Asian/World economic growth, and then goes to politics.

The interviewer points out the US Presidential race, and the candidates, and asks the guest about it. The guest says that the Bank is a non-political organization, but goes on with a special point.

CLIMATE CHANGE.

This is the item that this banker has brought up as a primary point that the US has to work to resolve.

Don't let bashers fool you. This thing is going to be big.

Tom Friedman interviews Zhengrong Shi of STP, and the Paul Hanrahan of AES.

Excellent Video Interview

Found by c_nguyen9 of Yahoo.

Cramer on Manipulation - If you haven't seen it.

Video Here

Selected Quotes:

"It's important when you in that hedge fund mode, is not do do anything that's remotely truthful."

"The fiction is developed, by almost anybody who's down like 2% to up 6% here. You can't take any chances, you can't have the market up any more than it is, if you're up 6%, because starting Jan 2 you'll have all your money come out; so what would you do in that situation and you feel like you're desperate?"

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Interview of Richard Heinberg

Author, "Peak Everything Waking up to the Century of Declines."

http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2007-0922-2.asx

Video showing NanoSolar Printing Tech.

Found via Ecogeek

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