[slytiger]

Yea...i couldnt have survived the weekend without my ac running at least part time. Now to say that solar, wind or other types of renewable sources arnt gonna make a dent into the power grid within 20 years is rather weak. As it is now there are quite a few people participating in the home solar kits and there are quite a few developments in solar and wind turbines for businesses. Id say they might not make a dent maybe within 5-8 years but after that i see them becoming a real factor in the power grid. Soon enough it will be possible to retrieve energy from painting your walls and hooking them into the grid. The number of advancements in renewables is a lot greater than the number in cleaner coal/oil developments. Just a matter of time id say.