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Tue Jun-28-11 06:18 AM
Response to Reply #3 |
| -CooL!!! SOLAR BREAKTHROUGH |
kpete |
Jun-27-11 09:54 AM |
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k &r |
a la izquierda |
Jun-27-11 09:58 AM |
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Wonderful! |
get the red out |
Jun-27-11 10:01 AM |
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cue the "this is far to harmful to produce these" defeatists |
meow mix |
Jun-27-11 10:03 AM |
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Nah, just the ones who have lost count of all the BREAKTHROUGHS... |
TheMadMonk |
Jun-27-11 10:48 AM |
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Cars would have proved impractical if the US Govt (Fed/State) hadn't paved the entire country. |
KittyWampus |
Jun-27-11 12:20 PM |
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Government also put the "four gas stations on every corner" ... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:20 AM |
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No. The government made the corners on which the gas stations |
JDPriestly |
Jun-28-11 12:39 AM |
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Government/taxpayers PAID for the four gas stations on every corner .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:43 AM |
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Good points |
kenfrequed |
Jun-28-11 09:23 AM |
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It's oil and more and more iol that is impractical to implement. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-28-11 12:38 AM |
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Three baby seals must be slaughtered to produce one solar panel. |
Kablooie |
Jun-27-11 11:42 AM |
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But I heard it is only the "naughty" baby seals |
truedelphi |
Jun-27-11 08:03 PM |
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In that case... |
Unca Jim |
Jun-27-11 08:56 PM |
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I wish I had southern facing windows. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-27-11 06:41 PM |
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nah your friendly local power plant may build a crop-circle of mirrors to boil |
StarsInHerHair |
Jun-28-11 01:12 AM |
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Unfortunately, I live within 50 miles of 3 nuclear plants. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-11 05:38 PM |
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Just like CFLs. |
Enthusiast |
Jun-28-11 06:18 AM |
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Simple, let brilliant. |
krispos42 |
Jun-27-11 10:07 AM |
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K&R! We need more aggressive solar development to stretch our oil supplies. |
Overseas |
Jun-27-11 10:14 AM |
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Unless you go to electric vehicles |
Yo_Mama |
Jun-27-11 11:18 AM |
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I'd like to see electric vehicles too. |
Overseas |
Jun-27-11 12:15 PM |
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Ask and you shall receive: Nissan Leaf, 100% Electric, no tail pipe. |
Devil_Fish |
Jun-27-11 11:20 PM |
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Wow! Great looking car. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-28-11 12:45 AM |
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We do, however, |
relayerbob |
Jun-27-11 06:56 PM |
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We have to stop burning fossil fuels ... and Obama has to stop pushing oil and coal -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:27 AM |
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Agree -- however, MIC uses 80% of our oil -- end the wars!! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:26 AM |
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I've been saying we should use Roman Conrcete for our roads, it lasted |
StarsInHerHair |
Jun-28-11 12:51 AM |
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Wow -- didn't know that -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 10:57 AM |
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the developments are all there, all ready. We just need the will. There is solar paint, |
robinlynne |
Jun-27-11 08:42 PM |
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Didn't know that about electric cars outfitted with solar panels which provided a/c 15 years ago! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:32 AM |
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there is a film, documentary called who killed the electric car. When I went to see it, the real |
robinlynne |
Jun-28-11 10:33 AM |
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"Who Killed The Electric Car?" ... wonderful movie -- |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 10:55 AM |
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That's two "solar breakthrough" stories in one week |
jberryhill |
Jun-27-11 10:32 AM |
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solar parking lot "trees" from 2010 |
StarsInHerHair |
Jun-28-11 12:57 AM |
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Thanks -- |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 11:05 AM |
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I'd have the same problem with these as regular solar panels with a shaded homesite. |
Shagbark Hickory |
Jun-27-11 10:34 AM |
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The windows themselves are providing shade. |
KittyWampus |
Jun-27-11 12:22 PM |
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Right and that's helpful if you have a sunny homesite but if your homesite is in the shade... |
Shagbark Hickory |
Jun-27-11 06:07 PM |
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There are solutions for some problems... |
FailureToCommunicate |
Jun-27-11 07:26 PM |
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That is not a solution as it sets your conservation back a hundred years. |
Shagbark Hickory |
Jun-27-11 07:58 PM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-27-11 10:50 AM |
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That's amazing! The media needs to start talking about this. nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Jun-27-11 10:56 AM |
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I doubt that will happen -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:34 AM |
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K & R n/t |
malaise |
Jun-27-11 11:11 AM |
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but don't you understand. the sun is FREE. |
pansypoo53219 |
Jun-27-11 11:30 AM |
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So is oil, for that matter |
jberryhill |
Jun-27-11 11:53 AM |
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Except that sunlight can't be depleted through use. |
canoeist52 |
Jun-27-11 03:00 PM |
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Which is irrelevant to the point to which I was replying |
jberryhill |
Jun-27-11 03:03 PM |
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"oil is free in the ground for the taking " Not so. |
canoeist52 |
Jun-27-11 04:05 PM |
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Then it's a good thing that semiconductor processing used in solar production is pollution free! |
jberryhill |
Jun-27-11 04:13 PM |
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Actually it's not... |
druidity33 |
Jun-27-11 06:23 PM |
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Because financing the purchase of a solar PV system is free! |
jberryhill |
Jun-27-11 08:57 PM |
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Yeah |
druidity33 |
Jun-28-11 06:01 PM |
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Oil is free, ONLY in the sense that it's a national resource -- however .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:38 AM |
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That's okay, they are now beginning to tax wind, they will figure a way to tax solar. |
KittyWampus |
Jun-27-11 12:23 PM |
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Really? I had not heard that. Do you have a link or a story I could google? |
AllyCat |
Jun-27-11 05:58 PM |
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and we don't know where it goes at night... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Jun-28-11 12:20 AM |
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This beakthrough is at least two years old. I read about it long ago. |
slampoet |
Jun-27-11 12:16 PM |
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not everyone here has read what you read two years ago |
SoCalDem |
Jun-27-11 03:31 PM |
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This sort of proves a point. We hear about the breakthroughs but when |
theophilus |
Jun-27-11 06:40 PM |
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According to their website, this product delivers 4x the power density of comparible BIPV |
Fleshdancer |
Jun-28-11 11:12 AM |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jun-27-11 12:20 PM |
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Shingles should be solar too |
SoCalDem |
Jun-27-11 03:29 PM |
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There are solar shingles and flexible solar panels for metal roofs |
csziggy |
Jun-27-11 06:39 PM |
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When you planned to build your home |
Johnny Noshoes |
Jun-27-11 07:07 PM |
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No, I did not see that business |
csziggy |
Jun-27-11 09:46 PM |
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don't "need" to google.. I know these exist now, but if more $ had gone into perfecting the process |
SoCalDem |
Jun-27-11 08:27 PM |
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yes, that's the tragedy |
spooked911 |
Jun-28-11 05:53 AM |
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Way Cool !!! - K & R !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-27-11 05:28 PM |
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Solar + Electric Vehicle= Fvck the ENERGY CORPORATIONS... |
Bennyboy |
Jun-27-11 05:59 PM |
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I imagine a lot less maintenance. |
truedelphi |
Jun-27-11 08:05 PM |
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K & R!!! |
PotatoChip |
Jun-27-11 06:06 PM |
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Favorite phrase of conservatives & other corporate tools |
bongbong |
Jun-27-11 06:10 PM |
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Thanks for the post.. |
russspeakeasy |
Jun-27-11 06:23 PM |
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Doubleplusgood! And the chocolate ration has been increased! |
theophilus |
Jun-27-11 06:34 PM |
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K&R |
PuffedMica |
Jun-27-11 06:37 PM |
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Now make collectors that we can plug our Xmas lights in! |
RedCloud |
Jun-27-11 07:04 PM |
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Awwww |
Weird Liberal Head |
Jun-27-11 07:48 PM |
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Not really a "breakthough" given solar PV windows have been available for the past few years now. |
DRoseDARs |
Jun-27-11 07:51 PM |
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Depends on the COST per sq ft and installation etc. PV windows have been prohibitively expensive in |
Distant Observer |
Jun-27-11 08:59 PM |
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POLLUTION is prohibitively expensive .... as in Global Warming ...!! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 12:42 AM |
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That is soooooooooooooooooooo cool!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-27-11 08:22 PM |
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Yes we can! Create new technology when we get desperate enough. |
joanbarnes |
Jun-27-11 08:27 PM |
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Great!....where's San Mateo, China?....n/t |
unkachuck |
Jun-27-11 09:14 PM |
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Solar will be economic when there are only 500 million people... |
anthroman |
Jun-27-11 11:03 PM |
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Will they come in Port hole sizes? I could allways use more solar power for my batteries! |
sce56 |
Jun-27-11 11:20 PM |
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Checl out Grape Solar. |
Devil_Fish |
Jun-27-11 11:43 PM |
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hmm I doubt it would be practical yet for most of us here though upgrading |
cstanleytech |
Jun-28-11 12:29 AM |
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Love this! My only question is the same as always: can it be made affordable for people like me? |
DesertDiamond |
Jun-28-11 03:57 AM |
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We need to end the MIC and start investing in environment and humans -- !! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-28-11 11:10 AM |
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we need to replace "drill baby drill" with something more catchy |
spooked911 |
Jun-28-11 05:56 AM |
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Shine, baby, shine? (nt) |
chillspike |
Jun-28-11 05:58 AM |
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that's good!!! |
spooked911 |
Jun-28-11 05:38 PM |
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Wow! What a great idea! |
Vinca |
Jun-28-11 06:45 AM |
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solar |
timmymoff |
Jun-28-11 08:14 AM |
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I wouldn't install these yet. |
FLPanhandle |
Jun-28-11 08:27 AM |
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bravo |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Jun-28-11 09:26 AM |
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OMG what about the poor people in the petroleum industry that could lose their jobs? |
DainBramaged |
Jun-28-11 09:42 AM |
#89 |
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