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How does a solar cell work?

How does a solar cell work?400,000 acres??? Guess again!Hello,I just listened to this video, and at the end he claims that California is about 400,000 acres... I did some checking, and California is 163,707 square miles as seen at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/area.shtml times 640 acres per square mile equals 104,772,480 acres!!!Later, Ray...

Tags: solar cell

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Pocket Developer 1.2 (Mobile)

Pocket Developer provides quick calculation of land costs, allowing the user to move seamlessly between acres and square feet. Pocket Developer provides the ability to calculate any one of the following parameters given the other two: total land cost, cost/unit either acres and square feet and size (in acres and...

Tags: Developer, Acre, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Armchair Design, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-01-19

Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-over

Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overIs it really alcohol?http://www.abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Nux-vRE: Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overCorn-based ethanol was [b]never[/b] competitive. It was propped up by government subsidy and really was nothing more than a boondoggle with the added bonus that it also raised food prices.Ethanol itself is a less than ideal gasoline substitute...

Tags: Free trade, alcohol, biodiesel

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

Google's turf expands 42.2 acres

Google's turf expands 42.2 acresballmer is turning greengreen as in envy not as an outer space alien.RE: Google's turf expands 42.2 acresHooray for Google taking up even more land and still being absolutely useless. Like all things Google, this expansion will last a year then be forgotten about.i doubt...

Tags: Capital structures, Google Inc., acre, turf

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

How much solar to run the whole U.S.?

How much solar to run the whole U.S.?600 sq mi seems very lowHope i'm wrong....Hmmm, not bad, only 600 square miles. Now halve that and put the collectors in orbit and you have a real solution. Either way though, we need to stop screwing around as a nation and get...

Tags: acre, square mile

Discussion threads 2008-04-06

Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?

Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Now that is totally cool!Thanks for the info on this. Whooda thunk? ]:)RE: Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Is this anything new? we have known about cellulose based ethanol and its potential for long time. The problem...

Tags: grass, corn, acre, gallon, Corn Grain

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

Boxed in: America's new energy trap

Boxed in: America's new energy trapThe only reason corn is so volatileIs because we are still paying people to not grow corn, soybeans, etc.If we were to stop doing that, and make people grow things and sell them at market prices...... no more problems with shortages of anything, for whatever...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, corn, Boxed, new energy

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Envision a solar parking lot: cool, clean and green

Solar Trees. Solar Groves. The value of shade in the future economy. Bio-mimicry. My little brain was racing to absorb all the solar heat coming through the phone. I spent nearly an hour talking with Robert Noble. Trained as an architect, he's...

Tags: Acre, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Tree, Plug-in, Robert Noble, Envision, NREL, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-07

You've been slimed (or, algae as a biofuel source)

Me and algae, we go way back. (So far back, in fact, that I don’t remember what the proper grammar should be for the previous sentence.) I can recall ponds smothered in algae during a couple of 8th grade field trips focused on gathering data for my...

Tags: El Paso Corp., Acre, Oil, Texas, Carbon Dioxide, Bonus, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Personal Development Ebook Package for eReader 1.0 (Mobile)

Personal Development Ebook Package for eReaderPersonalDevelopment Ebook Packagefor eReader Books included: Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities The Art of War The Power of Concentration Origin and Nature of Emotions Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success Increasing Human Efficiency in BusinessEBooks from BlackBerryBooks: Programs from BlackBerryBooks:

Tags: Acre, Mobile, eReader, Blackberrybooks, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-06-21

Personal Development Ebook Package for Microsoft Reader 1.0 (Mobile)

PersonalDevelopment Ebook Packagefor Microsoft Reader Books included: Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities The Art of War The Power of Concentration Origin and Nature of Emotions Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success Increasing Human Efficiency in BusinessEBooks from BlackBerryBooks: Programs from BlackBerryBooks:

Tags: Acre, Microsoft Reader, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Blackberrybooks, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-20

Start-up drills for oil in algae

Start-up drills for oil in algaeThis is really an old ideaStarted with research by the Dept. of Energy back the late 70's and 80's with oil producing algae. One study at UNH concluded we could grow our entire oil transportation needs by taking over 15,000 square miles (about 10%)...

Tags: desert, oil, acre, farmer

Discussion threads 2005-05-20

Pocket Professor KwikNotes Math (Mobile)

15002Untitled DocumentPocket Professor''s "Kwik Notes", Vol. 1, Math Basics module corresponds to the Junior High and early High School curricula It contains Basic Math, including Terms and Definitions, and Algebra, including Fundamental Algebra Laws and Basic Algebraic Operations. The Geometry section includes: circles, triangles, the coordinate plane, polygons, proof, solids...

Tags: Acre, Polynomial, Mobile, Kilogram, 15002Untitled DocumentPocket Professor', Geometry Section, B, Palm OS, E-books, C/C++, Mobile Operating Systems, E-mail Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2004-12-23

Sandia pushes limits of solar technology

Sandia pushes limits of solar technologyStirling energy systems link is wrongThis link is incorrecthttp://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stirling.com%2F&siteId=22&oId=2100-9584-5466122&ontId=9584&lop=nl.exFabulousThis technology is outstanding - I love hearing about innovations in clean power.Preposterous !Wait till George W Bush hears about this devious effort to undermine the viability of the oil industry. When he figures out that...

Tags: acre, Hoover Dam, square mile, nuclear energy

Discussion threads 2004-11-24

Additional Resources

Measure 1.1 (Mac)

Multiply kilowatts by years, or find the square root of an acre. You can do calculations using your own data, or using data from the database, or any combination. Once you have a result, you can see where it falls among comparable values in the database. How much would you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, David A. Lyons, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Biofuel fraud exposes some big names

Biofuel fraud exposes some big namesGiven that bio-fuels are a scam by themselvesBiofuels are nothing but a sweet scam. Not only do you get a final product that gives you less than half of the millage of regular fuels, but they also cut the lifespan of the engine (even...

Tags: biofuel, Biofuel fraud

Discussion threads 2009-07-05

Case Study: D-Link Brings Affordable, Single Network Wi-Fi Solution to Redeemer University College for Enhanced Internet Access and Reliability

Redeemer University College is an undergraduate Christian liberal arts and science university committed to academic excellence. Redeemer University College was being hindered by its spotty, unreliable Wi-Fi network that was patched together with random access points and lacked central communication. Faced with tight budget requirements, the school set out to...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Internet Access, Network, Wi-Fi, Redeemer University College, Home Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology

Case studies 2009-06-18

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?The dump works good for me....Throw it away and be done, I have heard enough about how the earth is ending and if we do not stop eating meat, driving, using A/C we are all doomed.I can't...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, extra mile, old computer, computer

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Another status symbol for the eco-traveler: Big Sur hotel goes solar

Tourists traipsing Highway 1 in California this summer in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac will be able to stop by the state's largest hotel-sited solar installation, which has just gone live at the Post Ranch Inn. The installation includes a 990-panel, 210-watt photovoltaic array, which is owned...

Tags: Hotel, Public Relations, Manufacturing, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-04

White House becoming Green House?

The First Lady is breaking ground on a major new White House project: a kitchen garden. The produce will go to the White House kitchen. A nearby elementary school class will also help with the labor, like planting and weed-pulling. On a recent "Sixty Minutes"...

Tags: Kitchen, White House, First Lady, Food & Beverage, Corporate Communications, Investment, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-19