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From: Jim Thompson on 9 Aug 2010 12:18 On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:55:04 -0500, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote: >"tm" <the_obamunist(a)whitehouse.gov> wrote in >news:i3nnde$bpi$1(a)adenine.netfront.net: > >> >> "Mark" <makolber(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:f6abed25-a7aa-4940-9367-4c39a9fe913c(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... >>>[snip] >>> >>> True but largely irrelevant. The US has lots of desert, and - with the >>> advance of global warming - will probably soon have even more. This >>> land is useless for anything except solar power generation and super- >>> conducting cable means that the power generated there can be used >>> pretty much anywhere. > >can't use the desert;a solar farm would upset the ecology,and the long >distance power lines would harm the view. >Plus,you need WATER to clean the panels,lots of it. A non-Silicon solution... http://www.aps.com/main/green/Solana/default.html [snip] ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Spice is like a sports car... Performance only as good as the person behind the wheel.
From: Michael on 9 Aug 2010 13:47 On Aug 9, 9:18 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:55:04 -0500, Jim Yanik <jya...(a)abuse.gov> > wrote: > > > > >"tm" <the_obamun...(a)whitehouse.gov> wrote in > >news:i3nnde$bpi$1(a)adenine.netfront.net: > > >> "Mark" <makol...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > >>news:f6abed25-a7aa-4940-9367-4c39a9fe913c(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com.... > >>>[snip] > > >>> True but largely irrelevant. The US has lots of desert, and - with the > >>> advance of global warming - will probably soon have even more. This > >>> land is useless for anything except solar power generation and super- > >>> conducting cable means that the power generated there can be used > >>> pretty much anywhere. > > >can't use the desert;a solar farm would upset the ecology,and the long > >distance power lines would harm the view. > >Plus,you need WATER to clean the panels,lots of it. > > A non-Silicon solution... > > http://www.aps.com/main/green/Solana/default.html > > [snip] > > ...Jim Thompson Yes indeed! Congratulations on obtaining the necessary environmental permits to finally break ground! That is probably more difficult than the actual engineering and building. Michael
From: Joel Koltner on 9 Aug 2010 13:52 <dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f79d16cd-9b75-4238-96c6-088e0168ffc0(a)f42g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > The easiest way to make any one technology competitive is by > kneecapping the others. Yes, although the devil is in the details: Some people would claim that requiring scrubbers and other emissions controls is "kneecapping" the coal industry...
From: amdx on 9 Aug 2010 14:22 "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:qca066drftpc62sse9dotlbl9vtvjefeqp(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:55:04 -0500, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> > wrote: > >>"tm" <the_obamunist(a)whitehouse.gov> wrote in >>news:i3nnde$bpi$1(a)adenine.netfront.net: >> >>> >>> "Mark" <makolber(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:f6abed25-a7aa-4940-9367-4c39a9fe913c(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... >>>>[snip] >>>> >>>> True but largely irrelevant. The US has lots of desert, and - with the >>>> advance of global warming - will probably soon have even more. This >>>> land is useless for anything except solar power generation and super- >>>> conducting cable means that the power generated there can be used >>>> pretty much anywhere. >> >>can't use the desert;a solar farm would upset the ecology,and the long >>distance power lines would harm the view. >>Plus,you need WATER to clean the panels,lots of it. > > A non-Silicon solution... > > http://www.aps.com/main/green/Solana/default.html > > [snip] > > ...Jim Thompson I did an image search for Solana, found it interesting, others might also. http://tiny.cc/hp6re MikeK
From: Jim Thompson on 9 Aug 2010 14:45
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:52:54 -0700, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ><dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:f79d16cd-9b75-4238-96c6-088e0168ffc0(a)f42g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... >> The easiest way to make any one technology competitive is by >> kneecapping the others. > >Yes, although the devil is in the details: Some people would claim that >requiring scrubbers and other emissions controls is "kneecapping" the coal >industry... > Isn't it "kneecapping" to say you're going to break the back of the coal industry, when clean coal technology is already functioning nicely? The beauty of Obama's kill coal stance is that it will do the most economic damage to the "Blue States"... good for him, I love it when Democrats get their just deserts :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Spice is like a sports car... Performance only as good as the person behind the wheel. |