Ways to solve global warming
POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Sunday, June 16, 2024 03:19
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Signy, since I didn't get a chance to say it on the other thread, THANK YOU for posting those amazing innovations!
One of them - the windmill covered in solar cells (I *think* it's covered in solar cells, at least), is something I've been advocating for a few years now. I knew it was just a matter of time before someone had the bright idea to combine the two alternative-energy sources like that.
My gut feeling in talking to a few friends in the solar industry is that we're about ONE "silicon microchip"-style revolution away from amazingly easy, amazingly cheap, amazingly efficient solar cells. Cells that will be so thin they can be used like window tinting on cars and houses (and also incorporate LCD/LED technology to vary darkness/opacity), cells that can be "painted" onto a house or sprayed on a roof. It's possible now, but still cost-prohibitive, at least for the moment. When that big breakthrough comes, cheap solar will be as prevalent as home computers became in the 80s and 90s.
Also coming along with that breakthrough - and already coming to market this spring on the newly redesigned and reengineered Toyota Prius - will be solar power for the car's electrical system, to help power the accessories and charge the batteries when the car is parked. And with that comes more convenience, in the form of programmable HVAC controls. You want your car nice and cool in the summer when you get off work? Easy - simply program the A/C system and the electric A/C compressor will kick on early to keep your car cool when you're nowhere around it.
Mike
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
My gut feeling in talking to a few friends in the solar industry is that we're about ONE "silicon microchip"-style revolution away from amazingly easy, amazingly cheap, amazingly efficient solar cells. Cells that will be so thin they can be used like window tinting on cars and houses (and also incorporate LCD/LED technology to vary darkness/opacity), cells that can be "painted" onto a house or sprayed on a roof. It's possible now, but still cost-prohibitive, at least for the moment. When that big breakthrough comes, cheap solar will be as prevalent as home computers became in the 80s and 90s.
Speaking from England, is there anything that works with rain? Yes Rain would be our preferred weather for power generation.
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I would guess that the helical windmill would work well using the force of falling rain. You could have a rainmill - yes ?
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Ways to solve it ? There is no solving of imaginary problems.
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I guess you can join Zit in his cage. How do you feel about being his bagel ?
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And that's really a step down - from Rush's good dog to Zit's bagel.
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Ways to solve it ? There is no solving of imaginary problems.
Yeah, 'cause even if there is no Global Warming, like Rush tells you to think, switching to sustainable, non-polluting potentially cheaper power generation is just plain fucking stupid huh? I mean, what the fuck are we thinking? Spend more money shitting where you eat using fuels that will run out soon, that's what you always say, right?
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"These terra preta soils are older than 500 years and they are still black soil and very rich in carbon ..."
I've been considering this some more. There are a lot of places around the world where the soil has been degraded - washed away or blown away. I wonder if we - as a species - could get involved in Terra-forming Terra. What places could be restored ? What places could be improved ?
This speculation leads to many happy daydreams.
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Oh great, the " WHAT IF IT'S TRUE " line of BULLSHIT reasoning.
Hell, while you're at it, why not throw in the fundie classic - " I'd rather believe in God and be wrong than not believe and pay for my mistake for all eternity.
Please, is that the BEST you got ?
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What he said was - even if it's NOT true there are still many benefits to alternative energy ("sustainable, non-polluting potentially cheaper power generation").
And why wouldn't you want that ?
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Oh great, the " WHAT IF IT'S TRUE " line of BULLSHIT reasoning.
Hell, while you're at it, why not throw in the fundie classic - " I'd rather believe in God and be wrong than not believe and pay for my mistake for all eternity.
Please, is that the BEST you got ?
Oh great, the "I can't argue against what you said so I'm going to LIE about what you said, and hope it sticks" line of BULLSHIT argument.
Hell, while you're at it, why not throw in the fundie classic - "If you dare to think differently to how my preacher tells me to think, I'll murder you and your family (especially your kids)"
Please, is that the BEST you got?
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