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TheMadMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 01:18 AM
Response to Reply #8
10. Sunlight.
The longer it spends under the glass (moving towards the middle) the more it is warmed by the sun.
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  - Wow, that was interesting.  Captain Angry   Jun-16-07 08:13 PM   #1 
  - I believe it's on the cards.  TheMadMonk   Jun-16-07 09:54 PM   #2 
  - I picked Arizona for a couple of reasons.  Captain Angry   Jun-17-07 09:32 AM   #5 
  - DId you notice the use of the outer portion as a greenhouse?  TheMadMonk   Jun-16-07 10:51 PM   #3 
     - Sounds like the arcology from SimCity  Captain Angry   Jun-17-07 09:31 AM   #4 
     - I doubt it could really be used as a greenhouse  XemaSab   Jun-17-07 10:54 AM   #6 
        - Much, much lower temp at the perimeter.  TheMadMonk   Jun-17-07 03:11 PM   #7 
           - What creates the temperature differential?  XemaSab   Jun-17-07 07:53 PM   #8 
              - Sunlight.  TheMadMonk   Jun-18-07 01:18 AM   #10 
                 - Well DUH...  XemaSab   Jun-18-07 02:02 AM   #12 
                    - Get out you're wallet. You're buying.  TheMadMonk   Jun-19-07 12:53 AM   #14 
                       - What keeps it from going back out the way it came in?  XemaSab   Jun-19-07 10:51 PM   #15 
                          - The chimney.  tinrobot   Jun-19-07 11:19 PM   #16 
  - Has there been a prototype? Is there some reason to think it will be cost effective?  philb   Jun-17-07 09:53 PM   #9 
     - A 200m pilot plant has been built in Spain.  TheMadMonk   Jun-18-07 01:23 AM   #11 
        - Actually they downscaled from "friggin huge" to "big"  skids   Jun-18-07 06:11 AM   #13 
 

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