True the technology has been relatively stagnent for quite a while, and was put into the catagory of "that weird hippy dudes house"...

But with the recent "Green" movement seen with large corporations (check out Walmart) there is an increase in interest and hence $'s are going to flow into the research of the technology.

Computers started slow too... But once people latched onto them, thats when the technology really took off!

Price is right for an industrial workshop. This is not geared towards just the average homeowner for sure. If I could get continuing Ed credits I would look into it for sure.

http://www.partsonsale.com/index.htm

I've been checking this one out.

NY you get around 50% back from state not sure about NJ.

I wouldn't pay $700 for any class.

Check this out.

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, the efficiency is still so low as to prohibit the economic feasability. The industry has been talking about "paint on" solar for a while and this is the most promising yet. Maybe some day.