My thoughts on Alternative Energy

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My thoughts on Alternative Energy

Reply #30 – July 17, 2008, 09:57:10 PM

I'm waiting for the ramp up in flexible polymer solar generating material to become mainstream - I sure hope this stuff is good.

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Reply #31 – July 17, 2008, 10:04:23 PM

Okay for drag racing cars the Electric Car would be okay to trailor and or drive short distances to a dragway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6gD6r3-cw

Dodge Viper 500 hp Vs Tzero Electric Car - See Who Wins

Also the car before the Tzero was the EV1 which people owned untill the car compaines took the cars back to a crusher.

If corn oil is so Bad why does Saleen have a 10 sec supercar that uses E85 gas?

http://autos.yahoo.com/auto-shows/new_york_auto_show_2008/533/

Now tell me why all the world has to slow down we still got years of gas and if they start making some more of these cars now life might not be that bad.

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Reply #32 – July 17, 2008, 10:04:52 PM

You can burn trees in "Mr. Fusion"

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Reply #33 – July 18, 2008, 07:32:44 AM

Quote from: Carpimp1987;227915

Okay for drag racing cars the Electric Car would be okay to trailor and or drive short distances to a dragway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6gD6r3-cw

Dodge Viper 500 hp Vs Tzero Electric Car - See Who Wins

Also the car before the Tzero was the EV1 which people owned untill the car compaines took the cars back to a crusher.

If corn oil is so Bad why does Saleen have a 10 sec supercar that uses E85 gas?

http://autos.yahoo.com/auto-shows/new_york_auto_show_2008/533/

Now tell me why all the world has to slow down we still got years of gas and if they start making some more of these cars now life might not be that bad.

Those technologies would never exist without an energy 'crisis'. Everything we do is reactionary. And whilst it's nice to say we've got years of gas left, imagine how quickly those years would go by if (when) India and China get to the same level of personal transportation as North America has. Then think of our kids, or grandkids, being hit with an energy crisis that would make anything we've seen look like a hiccup. These aren't sustainable outlooks.

Corn Ethanol is a bad idea for the same reason Soy BioDiesel is. It takes away from our food stores. That doesn't mean we can't have Ethanol from non-food based crops and waste. We just shouldn't be taking the food off our table to put in the car. Use your grass clippings instead.

Cougar5.0, have you heard much about this company who has a type of modified printing press for making Photo-voltaic cells? Nanosolar is the name. They're making the cells at 1000'/min! Their target price for the panels is 1$/Watt! I'd like to see city/town rooftops blanketed in this stuff. Cells on every rooftop, and batteries in every basp00get. I bet that would make a big dent in our overall energy use, to the extent where electricity would cost a lot less.

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/06/23/video-nanosolar-makes-a-one-gigawatt-printing-press/

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Reply #34 – July 18, 2008, 09:02:46 AM

I'm having visions of solar "sheets" covering much of the house roof while storing the energy in a fuel-cell battery in the basp00get for use at night. Energy "crises" aren't all bad

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Reply #35 – July 18, 2008, 09:52:48 AM

Oh, and think of this. If you're absorbing and 'converting' the suns rays, rather than reflecting them, would that not have some positive effect on the temperature in civic areas?

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Reply #36 – July 18, 2008, 12:54:55 PM

Quote from: Cougar5.0;227965

I'm having visions of solar "sheets" covering much of the house roof while storing the energy in a fuel-cell battery in the basp00get for use at night. Energy "crises" aren't all bad

I've often said that while high gas prices suck, the worst thing that could happen is for them to drop. Lower prices would eliminate any hopes for alternatives because it would make research unfeasible.

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Reply #37 – July 18, 2008, 01:57:15 PM

Quote from: Cougar5.0;227902

As I work for a power (supplies, distribution & control - we don't generate it) company, we're very interested in being in the emerging solar and wind markets with inverters, generators and other control & power routing equipment. We're currently looking at making it easier for individuals to set up solar power generation & conversion.

You gonna hook a brutha up once the market gets kickin?

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Reply #38 – July 18, 2008, 02:10:52 PM

Heh, I wish I was able to - I do get a discount on our stuff though - I can't wait until the market picks up. It's heartwarming that a multi-billion dollar company like mine is seeing the potential market here - we don't want to miss out on it!