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rafaeli, head of the solar division, director of the national center for photo voltix, a national renewable energy lab. he s joining us via skype from golden, colorado. rine, tell us why solar energy is at the boxt the list when it comes to consumption? what s holding us back? it s kind of ironic, isn t it? you know, we have, say, an incredible solar resource in this country, enough sunlight hits the planet every hour to power mankind s needs for the entire year, but in terms of renewables it s such a small portion of our portfolio. there s several reasons. it s sort of the new kid on the block. we ve had hydro power and wind power for quite some time, so even though we ve had solar for years it still is an emerging

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