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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:26 PM Original message |
Holy grail for solar energy? Solar Chimney/Sunstack |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure this will be part of the solution |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed....and the more I look into it, the more I see that's outright |
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yowzayowzayowza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for the links. |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. I believe photovoltaics will become more economical |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'm agreeing w/ warpy. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm a fibre crafter, I spin and dye my own yarn |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Cheap plastic solar cells: |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 06:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If they can really get to 10% that would be great |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 07:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We are going to need something, and soon. |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. solution focused du! ya gotta love it! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. one thing about solar-chimneys: they need to be huge to be efficient |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I would wager it gets a lot of attention because it fits |
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JFreitas (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The centralized paradigm is the important thing |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I agree. Thanks for your testimony. nt |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yes, I agree as well. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'd have to say that people here in the US are pretty free to be... |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Fuck that, you can't tap your own well or harness energy... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Water wise, that already IS the norm in much of the west. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I live on a well where there is plenty of free water.... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Personally, I favor a charge on drilling wells. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So what do you support? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It depends on whether one is asking for long term or short term solutions. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 07:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You seem very knowledgeable but very cynical... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Optimism is good, but it doesn't represent a solution |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. I propose that a hurricane is a solar chimney, made out of atmosphere |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah, and look how powerful it is. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-15-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I'd bet that you would end up dead before you got electricity from it. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-16-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'd say you are absolutely right :-) |
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