Comments on: Solar Could Produce 5X More Energy Than Oil In Libya

By: agelbert

agelbert — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:46:00 +0000

Well said.

By: Jouni Valkonen

Jouni Valkonen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:39:00 +0000

It is hard to see how Libya could export solar electricity, because Italy is also strong producer of solar electricity. The largest cost issue with solar is not the generation cost but transmission costs. Therefore solar works only at roof-tops, where the production of solar happens at the same place as the consumption of electricity.

Libya should invest heavily on industry and then export manufactured electricity intensive goods such as aluminium into world markets.

By: Conrad Clement

Conrad Clement — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Now you know what the Libyan war and the killing of Gaddafi was about — what you don’t know is why the US invested 1 billion dollars in the war versus France’s 300 million…

Well, since it’s clear that the energy would go to Europe or Africa, there must have been another motive for the US tenants of power:

Most likely, the Big-Oil-dominated US government got out of his way to prevent the forthcoming absolutely huge mass-production of solar PV cells — fearing that with the consequent price collapse for PV panels, Eurpeans and Africans, and later on US citizens in turn, would be able to buy PV panels at incredibly low prices just in the department store round the corner — thus threatening to become energetically autonomous, i. e. independent from the fuel and electricity supply networks at the outlets of which Big Oil keeps us hostages.

Sorry, Muhammar, you were in the way of Big Oil not for your oil, but for your PV resources… not that you dismissed PV, but you were too closely, and since too long ago, associated with Germany within their DESERTEC project…

And now you, dear readers, may know why the Germans didn’t participate in the raid… and why they are the most advanced in solar PV… and why Mercedes is the most advanced in hydrogen fuel cells for motorcars…

By: Ross Chandler

Ross Chandler — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:00 +0000

Good point. Should have thought of that.

By: vetxcl

vetxcl — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:12:00 +0000

Missed the point. It’s a matter of using it RATHER than storing it. Sure, it can be stored , BUT that is MORE expensive at the moment. That’s why it’s more profitable , at the moment, to sell it off, when there’s an excess.

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:42:00 +0000

Too bad the solar isn’t liquid fuel or petrochemicals to grow food….liquid fuels are the issue.

MrEnergyCzar

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:31:00 +0000

Trading electricity east and west along the top of North Africa, even though other nations will have their own solar capacity, makes sense and can take advantage of different sunrise and sunset times and different peak demand times. Sending electricity south is much less likely to happen.

By: Ross Chandler

Ross Chandler — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:01:00 +0000

Exporter to African countries? Can’t they have their own solar power.