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Well, if it turns out to be true, it'd be a bit of good news.

Solar Power Breakthrough; New Low-Cost Solar Energy May Replace Gas

Will solar energy ever overtake the oil market? The solar revolution may be closer than you think.

Breakthrough solar power technology developed by International Automated Systems Inc. (OTCBB: IAUS) may become the first solar to compete with gas. Low-cost energy produced by IAUS' new patented and patent-pending solar technology can be used to generate electricity or produce clean fuels such as hydrogen and green methanol (gasoline replacements) at a competitive price.

IAUS' unique thin-film solar panels can be produced at a fraction of the cost of today's photovoltaic solar panels. IAUS is on schedule to begin mass production of its solar panels by September 2005. Once in production, IAUS will be able to turn out nearly 200 megawatts of solar panels yearly, nearly 10 times greater capacity than a $100 million photovoltaic fabrication plant.

A solar area of only 100 square miles -- a size of land that equals only nine percent of the state of Nevada -- can generate enough electricity for the entire United States.

"The discovery of economical solar energy is more valuable than oil," said Neldon Johnson, president and CEO of International Automated Systems Inc. "The sun's energy is free, clean and virtually unlimited. IAS' new solar technology is a discovery of historical proportions that we hope will revolutionize energy production throughout the world."

The world energy market is $3 trillion per year. This $3 trillion does not represent nearly 30% of the world without electricity.

About International Automated Systems Inc. (www.iaus.com)

Founded in 1988, International Automated Systems Inc. develops high-technology products for diverse markets such as energy production, wireless communications, consumer purchasing and financial transactions. The company, founded by a former AT&T communications engineer, is based in Salem, Utah.


Story from REDNOVA NEWS:
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=188098

Published: 2005/07/27 09:00:45 CDT

If only every advertorial lived up to its spin - there'd be no PO crisis to worry about!

PO.com: Cost Of Photovoltaic Concentrators Falling Fast

Alternative Energy Stock Frauds Multiply

That stuff on the Peak Oil boards was an eye opener

One of the things I always say to people though when I'm talking of PO is to say "Imagine if I clicked my fingers right now and all the world's energy supplies became renewable. What would happen?" Well, my take is that we would build more roads and airports with sustainable diggers, drive even more sustainable cars, sustainably build more sustainable homes. And we'd completely trash the planet - but sustainably!

We've got to change our heads first and that seems to be the hardest part.

No , Peaky, wrong .
As long as we have to pay a price ( i.e. work ) to cover the planet in whatsoever we won't do it .We dont have to change our heads to be lazy. As long as there is a conductor asking for the fare we will pay it. Renewables have to be renewed .You can't harvest what you haven't sown .That's in the old testament.

PYRON SOLAR INC., an R&D company in La Jolla, California, developed in cooperation with Boeing-Spectrolab a novel system to convert sunlight into electricity.

This revolutionary design is a low-profile floating system with short-focal-length lenses concentrating direct sunlight by 400X onto photovoltaic cells. These advanced multi-junction cells produce 800 times more electricity than conventional non-concentrating cells the same size.

http://www.pyronsolar.com/US/index.htm

This lot seem very confident - enough to power 278,000 households?

Sounds promising.

http://pesn.com/2005/08/11/9600147_Edis ... est_solar/

Anyone like to do a hatchet job on it? I'd love to see someone with expertise in the field on why this is or isn't a good reason to feel a mild surge of optimism...