Sun 'to give us cheap fuel' SCIENTISTS say they have found the Holy Grail of fuel and can supply unlimited, super-cheap energy to everyone on Earth in seven years.
They claim to have found how to use the SUN to turn WATER into power and so end our reliance on oil, coal and gas. full story http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004401196,00.html We will see if this tech actually gets out in the market place and is not put on a shelf somewhere to collect dust. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Allwright To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 2:20 AM Subject: [biofuel] Question - efficiency of sunlight conversion I have a question that some of you might be able to shed some light on. As well as having an interest in biofuels, I also have an interest in Third World development issues and other technologies, including Solar energy collection and storage. So when trying to find an 'energy solution' for a remote village for example, there are a number of possible options. Of course, you have to ask, "what problem are you looking to find a solution for?" For the purposes of this post, I will assume that we are trying to provide electricity to power refrigerators, lighting, miscellaneous equipment such as telephones and computers (even remote villages can have satellite connections to the internet these days!). This would be a light load and not include industrial use nor electrical heating/cooking. So I will propose two solutions, both of which are used in various places: 1) Grow an oil crop, use it to power a diesel generator 2) Install photovoltaic solar panels and use a battery system to store the energy overnight [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
