Comments on: Is solar power silly in countries with little sun? http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/ Climate Change, Ecology, Nature, Environment, Controversial issues, Politics, Non Profit, Human Rights, Preservation Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:37:00 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Graham_Land http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/#comment-9533 Graham_Land Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:31:53 +0000 http://www.greenfudge.org/?p=7984#comment-9533 I have hope for solar power, Dan. For personal use I'd love a dependable little solar generator so as not to be dependent on fossil fuels or giant grids, though solar grids will also become more practical – especially in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. I have hope for solar power, Dan.
For personal use I’d love a dependable little solar generator so as not to be dependent on fossil fuels or giant grids, though solar grids will also become more practical – especially in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

]]> By: Dan Gleeson http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/#comment-9487 Dan Gleeson Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:35:15 +0000 http://www.greenfudge.org/?p=7984#comment-9487 Solar power is miss understood. The technology is moving forward at a fast pace now and people who new about the technology who have not kept up with the changes may be cynical. The 1st generation of PV was silicon and is still used by people today although not for much longer. The 2nd was thin film but sacrificed efficency and the figures didnt really stack up. 2010 herralds the start of a new era with 3rd generation solar cells that are cheap and efficent. Expect a boom in this market place. Check out Nano solar is the US and Dye Solar Cell from austrailia for more informaiton. Regards Dan Gleeson Solar power is miss understood. The technology is moving forward at a fast pace now and people who new about the technology who have not kept up with the changes may be cynical.

The 1st generation of PV was silicon and is still used by people today although not for much longer. The 2nd was thin film but sacrificed efficency and the figures didnt really stack up. 2010 herralds the start of a new era with 3rd generation solar cells that are cheap and efficent. Expect a boom in this market place.

Check out Nano solar is the US and Dye Solar Cell from austrailia for more informaiton.

Regards

Dan Gleeson

]]> By: Graham_Land http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/#comment-4301 Graham_Land Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:57:30 +0000 http://www.greenfudge.org/?p=7984#comment-4301 Thanks for your comments. For those interested, a rebuttal to Monbiot's argument (also in the Guardian): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/03/solar-panel-workable-future And Monbiot's follow up: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/mar/05/solar-feed-in-tariff Thanks for your comments. For those interested, a rebuttal to Monbiot’s argument (also in the Guardian):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/03/solar-panel-workable-future

And Monbiot’s follow up:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/mar/05/solar-feed-in-tariff

]]> By: Ken http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/#comment-4234 Ken Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:49:27 +0000 http://www.greenfudge.org/?p=7984#comment-4234 Solar power is actually silly in countries with abundant sunshine. The conversion of photons to electricity is none linear with respect to the energy input. By the time 3 PM rolls around, virtually all countries have little sun. Solar and wind power generating systems are always rated in KW, not KWhr. Solar power is actually silly in countries with abundant sunshine. The conversion of photons to electricity is none linear with respect to the energy input. By the time 3 PM rolls around, virtually all countries have little sun. Solar and wind power generating systems are always rated in KW, not KWhr.

]]> By: Uncle B http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/03/7984/#comment-4224 Uncle B Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:46:10 +0000 http://www.greenfudge.org/?p=7984#comment-4224 The combined efforts of super-insulation such as Canadian Straw Bale systems, under-ground dwellings, Solar considerations, both active and passive and Wind Energies can be combined with good common sense to make survival in a new improved "Earth Shelter" comfortable and worthwhile. We in the Western world are approaching an age where oil will become scarce due to huge Asian demands, and depleted sources. We will soon look to nuclear power for survival, and not after the American inefficient model, designed primarily for weapons grade products but the more efficient Tsinghua University's (China) pebble bed gas exchange reactors with extremely high energy output for a given fuel input/waste output charge. An even better model is the Indian Thorium bed reactors, the output from which is safe for humankind after only 100 years of containment, and requires only plentiful thorium for fuel. Fission will supplant oil and coal as they run out, but only long enough to develop renewable, or perpetual if you will, Solar Wind Wave, Tidal, and Geothermal Energies to their fullest. Nothing can be more silly than to do nothing, rationalizing away all openings for survival of the species, and nothing can stop the Asian depletion of finite world resources. The combined efforts of super-insulation such as Canadian Straw Bale systems, under-ground dwellings, Solar considerations, both active and passive and Wind Energies can be combined with good common sense to make survival in a new improved “Earth Shelter” comfortable and worthwhile. We in the Western world are approaching an age where oil will become scarce due to huge Asian demands, and depleted sources. We will soon look to nuclear power for survival, and not after the American inefficient model, designed primarily for weapons grade products but the more efficient Tsinghua University’s (China) pebble bed gas exchange reactors with extremely high energy output for a given fuel input/waste output charge. An even better model is the Indian Thorium bed reactors, the output from which is safe for humankind after only 100 years of containment, and requires only plentiful thorium for fuel. Fission will supplant oil and coal as they run out, but only long enough to develop renewable, or perpetual if you will, Solar Wind Wave, Tidal, and Geothermal Energies to their fullest. Nothing can be more silly than to do nothing, rationalizing away all openings for survival of the species, and nothing can stop the Asian depletion of finite world resources.

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