Will Solar Power Be Dominant in the Next 15 years?

[jimc]

actually solar will not. it cant because even if we were able to make a 100% efficient solar panels there is not enough free space on the surface of the earth to keep the human race powered up 100%. now to put large solar collectors in orbit would be a different story but also very expensive. im trying to remember this correctly since this was something i was watching on discovery a couple years ago but to keep just the united states going at current energy consumption a solar collector in orbit would need to be the size of texas. dont get me wrong, solar is a great supplement but thats as far as it goes. only if they could ever make fusion work....one can dream i guess.