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adam eddy
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 Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: Solar Panels |
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Currently, the use of solar panels is on very small scale compared to
the use of fossil fuels. This does not go for just solar energy, but
also wind energy, geothermal, and tidal. The use of renewable
electricity only makes up for a small percentage of a nations actual
power output.
There are however, some countries who are able to make great use of
renewable energy sources to generate electricity. In some areas such
as Iceland, you can expect to see most of the yearly energy output
coming from these alternative energy resources. Although Iceland can>t
make efficient use of solar panels, geothermal energy is in abundance.
Solar panels are becoming cheaper and more efficient as time goes by.
We are beginning to see more large scale, industrialised developments
of solar cell arrays and power stations. These increasingly efficient
solar cells are the main reason why we are able to develop
economically viable sites such as these.
The use of solar power on an individual household basis can be an
extremely efficient method of not only providing a source of renewable
energy cutting your carbon emissions, but can also be very efficient
for reducing energy bills....
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Brian Thorn
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: Solar Panels |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:47:46 -0700 (PDT), adam eddy
<dwibmgghlsye@yahoo.com> wrote:
[quote]The use of solar power on an individual household basis can be an
extremely efficient method of not only providing a source of renewable
energy cutting your carbon emissions, but can also be very efficient
for reducing energy bills....
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And hardly anyone can afford them.
Brian |
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Damon Hill
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Solar Panels |
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Brian Thorn <bthorn64@suddenlink.net> wrote in
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[quote]On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:47:46 -0700 (PDT), adam eddy
dwibmgghlsye@yahoo.com> wrote:
The use of solar power on an individual household basis can be an
extremely efficient method of not only providing a source of renewable
energy cutting your carbon emissions, but can also be very efficient
for reducing energy bills....
And hardly anyone can afford them.
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Besides which, the URL in the original message points to a bogus
water-to-fuel site.
--Damon |
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Brian Gaff
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Solar Panels |
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Yes, spam is spam is spam.#
Apart from some tether experiments, nobody seems to have found a way to make
use of the charged particles in the region of space near the earth as yet.
i>d have thought the energy here was pretty immense.
Brian
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[quote]Brian Thorn <bthorn64@suddenlink.net> wrote in
news:9kl9e4hq69ccejhgpo6odlb32o11nd1qrl@4ax.com:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:47:46 -0700 (PDT), adam eddy
dwibmgghlsye@yahoo.com> wrote:
The use of solar power on an individual household basis can be an
extremely efficient method of not only providing a source of renewable
energy cutting your carbon emissions, but can also be very efficient
for reducing energy bills....
And hardly anyone can afford them.
Besides which, the URL in the original message points to a bogus
water-to-fuel site.
--Damon[/quote] |
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Rev. David Grizzly Smith
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: Re: Solar Panels |
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It was 2 Oct 2008, when Brian Thorn commented:
[quote]On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 04:47:46 -0700 (PDT), adam eddy
dwibmgghlsye@yahoo.com> wrote:
The use of solar power on an individual household basis can be an
extremely efficient method of not only providing a source of renewable
energy cutting your carbon emissions, but can also be very efficient for
reducing energy bills....
And hardly anyone can afford them.
[/quote]
On the "SDR News" podcast recently <http://sdrnews.com/>, Andy McKaskey
mentioned a solar-cell producer that has production costs down to just
over a buck a watt (I think it was), though with profit they sell for two
bucks a watt. Getting there soon, maybe?
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Grizzly>s Growls Podcast: <http://grizzly.libsyn.com>
Stories from the Hiber-Nation:
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Blog: <http://grizzlysgrowls.blogspot.com>
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Dr J R Stockton
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Solar Panels |
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On Oct 3, 8:47 am, "Brian Gaff" <Bria...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
[quote]Apart from some tether experiments, nobody seems to have found a way to make
use of the charged particles in the region of space near the earth as yet..
i>d have thought the energy here was pretty immense.
[/quote]
There have been proposals to use a large loop of superconducting
wire. With some current flowing, the loop will tend to hold itself
open. Apparently it will resist the passage of charged particles, and
so act similarly to a solar sail.
I think the energy available is enough to be useful, but not enough to
be spectacular.
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Mail: J.R.""""""""@physics.org or (better) via Home Page at
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