3rd June 2004, 8:37 AM
That's not true at all, and you'd be very surprised if you knew just how far solar energy technology has come along. The little solar panels people use in their homes is ancient technology, even older than the panels used to power my building at work. The main hurdle is that setting up solar panels to power more than just a neighborhood is very expensive and the community wouldn't start seeing money saved for a while.