Basing opinions about the efficiency of solar panels in a semi-arid location like Canberra on guesstimates from the rain-soaked and gloomy UK is self-delusion pretending to be science.
Basially every new venture involves risk - the first stream engines often blew up - the first commercial jet (the UK's 'Comet') soon developed metal fatique and several fell from the sky before Comet was scrapped BUT Comet paved the way for 747s safely (except for all the CO2 they exmit) fillng modern skies.
But it's a bit too late for dire warnings about inefficiencies to be of any use to me - my solar steam engine is chuffing along nicely and since start-up at 3 pm on Friday has pumped 47 Kilowatt Hours into the national grid.
I was going to say that you could look upon me as HotCopper's George Stephenson but then some folk say Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine and others give the crediit to James Watt aften whom my 47 solar kilowatts were named.
