I truly belive this coin will be one of the top coins to surive if saving power is the true goal how come it hasnt been switch to a difrrent algo like x11 or groestl ? As of right now scrypt use more power which in this case make more carbon waste... solar coin is suppose to be Environmentally friendly which at the current rate it's not. Low power/heat is the true goal so hopefully the Nick or dev can share more light on this even if we have to cause a fork to make it happen
see link on power consumption
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=538315.0;all comment and share your thoughts please
105 Million SolarCoins (0.1%) to be publicly mined over the next 40 years on scrypt?

way to much carbon dioxide (CO2),
The mining for those 105 million will effectively be over in 4-5 years, see this chart:

In fact, half of those mined coins will be distributed by the end of this year!

The transaction network in place when that time comes should indeed be more energy efficient though, I completely agree.