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Alternative Energy, Regular Guy Stuff and Rainbow Stew

Posted on October 02, 2008

I had a bit of an epiphany over the weekend because of two unrelated events. First my younger brother announced that he was installing 5.2 kW of solar panels on his house in Arizona. After that a potential client from Dallas described his new line of low-cost high-performance insulation products as regular guy stuff. In combination, these events clarified and crystallized my thoughts on a fundamental theme that investors may want to use as a touchstone when analyzing alternative energy investments: the difference between regular guy stuff that can solve energy storage problems today and scie...

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alternative energy , solar , solar panels