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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-31-07 01:09 PM
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20. Funny, that. I don't use much electricity at night.......I sleep.
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  -Capturing Power Of The Sun To Electrify Poor Nations RestoreGore  Jul-30-07 10:14 PM   #0 
  - This is just so damn great !!!! n/t  zalinda   Jul-30-07 10:42 PM   #1 
  - It is the kind of vision to take us into the future  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 11:16 AM   #4 
  - I'm passionate about solar power  silverojo   Jul-30-07 11:34 PM   #2 
  - It's ALL solar power!  Cobalt-60   Jul-31-07 03:54 AM   #3 
  - Imagine what could be accomplished if our government  lazyriver   Jul-31-07 11:31 AM   #5 
  - It's apparently more important that we throw our money away on  kestrel91316   Jul-31-07 01:08 PM   #19 
  - What the hell? You can harness the power of the sun?  progressoid   Jul-31-07 11:34 AM   #6 
  - Because it's expensive. And it only works when the sun is up.  phantom power   Jul-31-07 11:35 AM   #7 
     - Africa has the one blessing of being bathed in sun  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 11:39 AM   #8 
     - Well, it costs $5,000. How much energy does it produce per dollar?  phantom power   Jul-31-07 11:53 AM   #10 
        - When you take in the risks to health and safety, nuclear is more expensive in the longrun  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 11:58 AM   #11 
        - Yes, you keep saying that, completely impervious to the data that show otherwise.  phantom power   Jul-31-07 12:03 PM   #13 
           - You can bet your ass I will.  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 12:11 PM   #14 
        - It *currently* costs $5000 but as the OP states...  jpak   Jul-31-07 12:00 PM   #12 
        - yes, talk about being impervious to the data...  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 12:13 PM   #15 
        - Speaking of that:  phantom power   Jul-31-07 12:23 PM   #16 
        - When you don't have anything, each watt is precious.  One_Life_To_Give   Jul-31-07 12:43 PM   #17 
        - Well, you don't know that  RestoreGore   Jul-31-07 07:40 PM   #23 
           - And you know what about global product support of high tech devices?  One_Life_To_Give   Aug-01-07 08:57 AM   #24 
           - And what do you know about it?  RestoreGore   Aug-01-07 11:40 AM   #26 
           - This is the problem with Faith-Based policy  Pigwidgeon   Aug-01-07 12:06 PM   #27 
              - Oh please, "faith based policy"  RestoreGore   Aug-01-07 07:04 PM   #28 
                 - Pot, Kettle, Black.  Pigwidgeon   Aug-01-07 10:45 PM   #29 
        - You are making a big assumption here:  kestrel91316   Jul-31-07 01:13 PM   #22 
     - More than 1.3 million homes in the developing world have PV systems  jpak   Jul-31-07 11:47 AM   #9 
     - Check out "Wards Solar Cabin" to see what it's like  One_Life_To_Give   Aug-01-07 09:29 AM   #25 
     - Funny, that. I don't use much electricity at night.......I sleep.  kestrel91316   Jul-31-07 01:09 PM   #20 
        - I see. So, you disconnect your main breaker when the sun sets each night?  phantom power   Jul-31-07 01:11 PM   #21 
  - Things like this give me hope, at least for the undeveloped world.  kestrel91316   Jul-31-07 01:07 PM   #18 
  - This is a credible model for the future.  losthills   Aug-02-07 12:21 AM   #30 
 

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