Tag: solar
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June 05, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
Here are two amazing statistics: (1) About 30% of new US generating capacity last year was from wind power.
While a lot of people are focusing on solar, wind power is really taking off. You've . . . more
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September 03, 2008 10:28 AM EDT --
A lot of people think solar power is an option for the future; something that's still down the road 5 or 10 years. For some applications that may be true. For a surprising number of applications . . . more
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June 12, 2008 12:26 PM EDT --
Sometimes I really like freecycle. I've gotten some good stuff, given away tons of stuff (including stuff I thought no one would want but did), with only a few not so great experiences. I haven't . . . more
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June 12, 2008 07:54 AM EDT --
I'm on a cleaning spree at the moment. As part of that I stumbled across some old notebooks where I jotted down ideas and stories in an era before laptops became available to the masses. . . . more
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December 28, 2007 07:58 PM EST --
Yup, I am not making that up. This is from Scientific American , dated January 2008. There is an article by Ken Zweibel, James Mason, and Vasilis Fthenakis that proposes a largescale project to harness . . . more
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April 08, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
Hello, and welcome to Common Cents , where we discuss topics relevant to those living below the poverty line and other topics that are of importance to those living paycheck to paycheck! . . . more
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February 21, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
I work theater, and recently moved out to the country side. One of the people I've been working with recently lives in the middle of nowhere, and runs his house almost entirely off of solar panels, . . . more
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June 08, 2008 04:00 PM EDT --
I have been wondering lately if there is a way that I could build a windmill for free energy and I also want to help resolve the global warming problem. It's been weighing heavily on my mind . . . more
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November 27, 2007 08:56 PM EST --
Google announced today that it is turning its considerable experience in research, hiring innovative people, and creating large-scale systems to the task of making electricity from renewable sources . . . more
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November 30, 2007 03:00 PM EST --
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Help reduce . . . more
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June 13, 2008 12:42 AM EDT --
Two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded Pluto (ninth planet from the Sun) to "dwarf-planet" status, it was assigned to a new category of celestial bodies on Thursday. . . . more
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February 23, 2008 12:12 PM EST --
Three square miles of desert, southwest of Phoenix, is scheduled to become one of the largest solar power plants on planet Earth. Unlike the kind of solar power array you might install on the roof of your . . . more
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September 13, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
How much surface does it take to supply solar energy? The image accompanying this article shows how much surface needs to be covered in theory by solar power facilities to generate enough electricity . . . more
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June 03, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
This was inspired by some notes I came across that I made in 1979 or 1980. At that point I was very young, naïve, and thoroughly convinced that solar power was the wave of the near future. Here . . . more
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July 30, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
Hi fellow Gatherites,
We have the best opportunity we've ever had to get this country off of polluting energy like oil and coal and onto real clean alternatives. This will not only help curb the climate . . . more
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February 18, 2008 01:12 AM EST --
As we all know, we should end the practices of burning forests and clearing land for farming, for urban expansion and for road construction. Big companies are often blamed for this, but what's often . . . more
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August 25, 2006 05:39 PM EDT --
As a followup to my short piece on Pluto, I intercepted the following interplanetary e-mail.
TO: International Astronomy Union
We were completely ignored for thousands of years while that shrimp Mercury, . . . more
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May 02, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
Which would you rather own: a teleporter that can only transport organic material, or a flying car that only runs on solar power? Explain your choice where possible.
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May 21, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
When I was a teenager, I remember reading a Farmer's Almanac that described how to set up solar panels and windmills and whatnot in order to reduce your energy consumption, or even reverse it to the . . . more
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April 01, 2008 01:10 AM EDT --
Southern California Edison (SCE) on March 27, 2008, asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval to install photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftops of commercial buildings over . . . more
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