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Article: Solar power: is it time for a revival? (RPA).
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- July 14, 2003
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Mike Tierney had two themes for attendees of the RPA Conference to ponder. Tierney, the owner of Aspen Solar Systems, Aspen, Colo., praised solar energy, but he is concerned that it isn't marketable.
"It is a very fast-growing field" he stated. "[But] it is a hard sell. Payback in energy savings is longer"
However, he believes that the current global energy situation will prompt more interest in solar power. "The world uses 77 million barrels of oil a day, while we are only finding 15 million barrels a day. We have already used 65 percent of the available oil. Americans consume their weight in petroleum every seven days.
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