Spectrolab has developed a low costing solar cell. The average solar cell cost about $2.30 to generate one watt of electricity, where as these newly developed solar cells cost about 10 cents a watt! This is a BIG DEAL because the upfront cost of solar can be a hit to any persons bank account. By drastically cutting the cost to go alternative then we can look at getting every person in the world going solar!

One thing that I have to bring up because I am traveling out to Arizona soon is the LACK of solar in Arizona! Come on people, get with it! Scottsdale, AZ averages over 300 sunny days! I have recently been looking at buying a condo out there and have found it scary that HOA (Homeowners Associations), the “people” who tell you want you can and can not do to your condo, are stating you CAN NOT INSTALL SOLAR PANELS! I even discussed setting up two 230watt panels off the porch and was told that it would “ruin” the view, but was later told the 17 inch Satellite dish is fine! WTF PEOPLE!!!

I am about to just buy some land and put up energy efficient condos that run completely off solar panels! We could run net meter houses and/or use batteries and run off grid! This can cut electric costs as well as do thing GOOD for the ENVIRONMENT! With these new cheap solar cells it would make even MORE sense to install these and pass the savings on to the resident. Imagine putting your electric cost into a 1 time fee into the mortgage and NOT have an electric bill! Think its not possible, well if we build a mini solar power plant on the roof of condos, we could. Google has build a 1.6 MW solar power plant, why the $@&!# not?