I could not resist adding these new descriptions to our vocabulary.  I hope
you find that they fit with today’s economy.

CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer

CFO– Corporate Fraud Officer

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse

VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower

P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps
crashing

BROKER — What my broker has made me

STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock

FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected

MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks

CASH FLOW– The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet

BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself
for a financial genius

BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife
gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex

STOCK SPLIT — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between
themselves

STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell

YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share

WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240
per share

PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use.

In one hour, the Earth receives more energy from the sun than the entire human race
uses in a year.

In 1904, Albert Einstein proved that light was composed of tiny packets of energy
called photons which could be converted to electricity.

Photo Voltaic cells first became essential during the 1950′s Space Race. The first
two Sputniks that went up, died in a little over a week because the transistors were
powered with flash light batteries. The U.S.’s solar powered satellites were an
instant success. Photo voltaic panels still power nearly all satellites and space
probes within the solar system. Which means the lifestyle we have become accustomed
to from global positioning, global communication and global entertainment is
completely dependant on solar energy.

When sunlight hits photo voltaic cells, it excites electrons which are knocked free
to form an electric current, metal contact points carry the current away and complete
the circuit. Typically, 40 solar cells make up a module, several modules are combined
to make up an array. The power from these arrays are gathered together and sent
through an inverter that changes the power from DC (direct current) to AC (alternating
current) ready for use.

Presently, solar panels are still extremely expensive. That’s because the photo
voltaic cells are made from ultra pure silicon. But that is changing, even as we
speak (or I write – whatever!). Anyway, there is some exciting innovations with photo
voltaics on the horizon. We’ll get more into that later…..