Solar and Wind advances

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:10 pm

More solar; http://www.sflorg.com/technews/tn110308_01.html

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:50 pm

New generator; http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21666/?a=f

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:46 pm

This is a good comparison of solar plants;
http://ecoworld.com/blog/2008/11/11/aus ... r-thermal/

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:18 pm

This isn't solar or wind but, it's pretty cool;
http://www.jxcrystals.com/ThermoPV.htm

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:38 pm

Kinda different;
http://www.mariahpower.com/overview.html

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:42 am

http://www.capewind.org/

The project's almost there. The main complaint is the view obstruction. 1/4 of the Cape's electricity will be generated by this complex. The view issue will hopefully be overcome.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:07 pm

Cowboy, people are funny about view. I took kids camping at Carpenteria, Ca. They thought that the drilling rigs out by the channel islands were Fairy castles,,, especially at night. I certainly don't consider wing gens to be ugly.

This is kinda cool;
http://www.wavepartner.eu/page_1219330357093.html

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:35 am

New lithium batteries. "Using their new processing technique, the team made a small battery that could be fully charged in 10 to 20 seconds."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090311/sc_ ... atteries_3

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:23 pm

Cheap DIY solar;
http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2008/10/ ... lar-cells/

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:57 pm

There's a company that wants to build a wind farm near Virginia City but some of it will be in the comstock historic district and they oppose it for fear of affecting views and tourism. They're really afraid of new ideas

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:58 pm

They meaning the historic society

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:48 am

Britain's only wind turbine plant closing due to lack of demand

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:12 pm

The big screw;
Looks easy to build;

SilverOrange · Post by **SilverOrange** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:50 pm

More promise of cheap solar on the horizon.

http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2008/10/ ... lar-cells/

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unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:15 am

Just completed a project that work great.

Time to install, bout 2mins.

Cost, 2$ for two

We have two skylites that leave a lot of heat in and out(@ the wrong time of the year)

It's getting hot and I prefer the sun not heat the rooms.

So i put a thermo camp blanket(2$ space blanket) over the screen. Except for six inches on the hinge end. Reinstalled the screen and opened the shylite.

As the air warms between the thermo blanket and the skylite window the air expans and moves out. The air is replace form the warmer ceiling air in the room.

Opened the kitchen window on the far end of the house..Then lit some matches and followed the smoke. The air sucked in the the kitchen went righ to the bedroom and out the skylite.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:23 pm

This is pretty damn cool,, and I couldn't find another thread for it.
http://www.marshallsystem.com/

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:59 pm

...meh... Even cavemen had a smokehole.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:38 pm

This is pretty interesting;
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/article ... 002e0.html

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:18 pm

Melanin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -hair.html

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:47 am

Found it interesting that China was going to destroy 25 square miles of Mongolian habitat for a solar field and they call that "green".

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:51 am

can't sit still wrote:Melanin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -hair.html

Couple of problems with it:

1. Still doesn't work at night (snicker)
2. In the next volcanic eruption on the scale of the one in AD 535, all solar energy dies for a few years.

This stuff all sounds really great as long as things always stay exactly like they are ... but when we see a repeat of an eruption on that scale, we aren't even going to be able to grow beans in South Dakota or produce solar power. That eruption reduced the population of the planet by 50%.

Solar is fine for non-essential stuff. How many solar panels does it take to power an electric blast furnace 24x7?

A little background on the c. 535 eruption here.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:53 am

Geekster, that was a REAL asskicking. First I've heard of it. It's interesting about the extensive plague. Our bodies can't produce vitamin D3 without sunlight. D3 is one of the major disease fighters. There's a whole list of things waiting for us.
http://www.exitmundi.nl/ The climatologists mention that we're in the late Holocene and that it has been very nice for an unusually long time. We might all die someday

Glittering Clitoris · Post by **Glittering Clitoris** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:18 am

can't sit still wrote: We might all die someday :lol:

You WILL all die someday!

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:20 am

Not me. I plan to live forever.

So far, so good.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:27 pm

Ms. clitoris, I'm well aware of that. The first time I almost died was at age 3 months. I received an operation that had never been successful on infants and only twice on adults. In my case, they did it without anesthesia because they believed that infants couldn't feel pain. Since then, life has been a blur of explosions, falls, crashes, guns [the wrong end], derailments, fires, etc. I get constant reminders that "checkout" time could be anytime.
Thank you for burning for me.

dr.placebo · Post by **dr.placebo** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:42 pm

geekster wrote:Couple of problems with it:

1. Still doesn't work at night (snicker)
2. In the next volcanic eruption on the scale of the one in AD 535, all solar energy dies for a few years.

One might use the same line of argument to say that we should find an alternative source of food to the current use of plants. Or maybe we should just stockpile massive amounts of food with an indefinite shelf life, like Twinkies.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:58 pm

dr.placebo wrote:
geekster wrote:Couple of problems with it:

1. Still doesn't work at night (snicker)
2. In the next volcanic eruption on the scale of the one in AD 535, all solar energy dies for a few years.
One might use the same line of argument to say that we should find an alternative source of food to the current use of plants. Or maybe we should just stockpile massive amounts of food with an indefinite shelf life, like Twinkies.

or figure out how the people that made through did it..soylent green??

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:12 pm

This looks pretty good;
http://www.cansolair.com/

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:13 pm

Here's a claim that the cost of solar power will be cut in half;
http://www.solarplaza.com/news/solar-po ... dium=email

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:56 pm

Somebody better remind it that it's only got a month to get there.

well, a little over a month...