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- Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the lab
- A new study from a UC Berkeley researcher is good news for VCs, Silicon Valley and other centers of green tech innovation. It's equally glum news for the current pruveyors of solar panels. Current solar panel technology is not worth installing, it's a waste of money according to...
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
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- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition team
- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition teamHe has always voted against anything NASAHis original plans were to cancel every mayor project at NASA.Then he changed his stand the same day he visited Florida to give a speech near Kennedy Space Center. Then and only then he was pro-NASA.His...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
- Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?
- This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- SCE adds to its solar energy portfolio in deal with eSolar
- Everything around me is wilting today, including me. Therefore it seems apt for me to search around for something solar-related to write about. Found this quick update from Southern California Edison, which bills itself as the leading purchaser not provider of solar energy, buying about 90 percent...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Thinner, better, already sold out—the new new thing in solar?
- Solar energy can seem like a green tech fantasy. Energy free for the collection. Found in some of the emptiest spots on earth: deserts, parking lots, urban rooftops, open ocean, airplace wings, at 50,000 feet above the earth. Think about all that sunshine. And a company down...
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- (Photos: Nissan electric Cube at the NY auto show)
- (Photos: Nissan electric Cube at the NY auto show)Mattel can do a better job.There is nothing appealing about this car. This is where ugly form meets deficient function. Or what would happen if Picasso built an Edsel.Gas-powered again!Why can't they just come out with the electric version. That would...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious myth
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious mythHey there chicken little....>>Oh, and those dependable nuclear plants can't use abundant salt water.the sky is falling... no really... the sky is falling....Wiki "De-desalinization Plants". Plenty of abundant water for Nuclear facilities that way... And nuc energy can supply...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- (Photos: Solar power for the masses of gadgets)
- (Photos: Solar power for the masses of gadgets)It's a great idea, and I'm all for them, but...being that I, like most users I suspect, charge my phone, PDA, etc., at NIGHT while I'm sleeping, and use my car's charging system when on the road during the day...I don't see how...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Google shows real-time solar power statistics
- Google shows real-time solar power statisticsSeasonalDon't forget that we're approaching the winter solstice and the solar energy produced will be lowest this time of the year... I have no idea what they generate in summer, but this is the minimum production all year.agree it's too muchThat statement is like saying...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptops
- Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptopsPeru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptopsThe great OLPC scam. Negroponte made exclusive deals with only the U.S. to charge customers twice the amount of money for only 1 laptop. Basically he expected the U.S. to fund all this and excluded all...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Hydrogen power on the go
- Hydrogen power on the goFuel cells used in aircraftSimilar fuel cell technology has been used in manned aircraft!http://www.bizorigin.com/2007/fuel-cell-new-frontiersSodium Hydride?!?Are these guys insane? When you had water to Sodium Hydride you get hydrogen, heat and sodium hydroxide. Yeah, lets just release lots of hydrogen gas combined with heat and leave liquid...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- (Photos: Green rules at gadget expo)
- (Photos: Green rules at gadget expo)Electric VehiclesI want the Blue Electric Sports Vehicle!!!! Please sell this one to me!!!a tester testing a battery powred skateboard ?How in the world is this either new or green ?!!! I bought one of these nearly 10 years ago for my son Eric...http://www.exkatemania.com/index.html- the...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Analyst: NanoBook to run OS X lite; ship in late 2007
- Analyst: NanoBook to run OS X lite; ship in late 2007Depending on the target audience, OS X Lite might not be badI don't think the OS X lite would be inherently bad for the platform, depending on the features of the device the price and the target audience. If you...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Solar cell breaks efficiency record
- Solar cell breaks efficiency recordBreak even at $1 per watt would be 3 yearsToday, I pay 11 cents per kilowatt-hour from Xcel Energy. At $1 per watt, a solar panel rated at 1000 watts would cost $1000. It would take 9000 hours of use to break even. ...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignites
- Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignitesThis is excellent.Since a solar panel that is made with quality can last 30 years, it would be great if this product can last as long. If the alternate energy suppliers could lower the price and make it up in volume like Henry...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-28
- Dishing out power with a solar engine
- Dishing out power with a solar engineStirling EngineWhat about using the waste energy from power stations as a heat sourceHuh?Not sure who's house only requires 3KW but my house sure uses more than that at any given point. My stove uses about 4KW for its broiler element alone....
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
- Wary of ethanol buzz
- Wary of ethanol buzzDirect solar.. US lower 48 average 4.6kWh/m^2/day..Is plenty enough to run an industrialized society. (If you don't waste it needlessly.) Note: You would quickly freeze solid if not for the SUN and it's solar radiation. Ethanol is very inefficient use of solar energy. Biomass is roughly...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
- Old solar tech back in limelight
- Old solar tech back in limelightYes, please bring it back into the lightclearly OPEC is not a future solution for continued energy, and as a proponent of local solutions, solar is one of many alternatives that need extensive research, community support and locality enactment. It's not a viable...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-05
- Hybrid-car tinkerers scoff at no-plug-in rule
- Hybrid-car tinkerers scoff at no-plug-in ruleMaybe it's not a good idea to......reprint the cover story of the NY times technology section. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for disseminating information, but usually when articles are reprinted, it's not the verbatim copy of a main article of another publication.AlternativesIt's...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-05
- In search of wireless nirvana
- In search of wireless nirvanaWhat???Power over Ethernet for computers???Are you crazy? 24 gauge wire will not carry that kind of current.WIreless Lans or wans is an infant technology. Sure, faster wireless speeds are possible. How much are you willing to pay for it? HIgh frequency, high QAM, and OFDM...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-23
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