Solar salons dawn of solar revolution?

Across the United States, at similar gatherings, bankers and hedge fund managers rub shoulders with philanthropists and solar panel installers. These "solar salons" are orchestrated by Travis Bradford, a former fund manager and corporate buyout specialist, in an effort to hasten what he calls the inevitable uptake of solar power.

Founder of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development and author of Solar Revolution Bradford believes solar power will really begin to shine around 2008 when silicon shortages should ease. Even more optimistically Bradford claims solar power will be the cheapest source of energy within the next 20 years.

(Source: Reuters)