It's certainly another feel-good article talking about another form of alternative energy. Without any numbers or hard data though, it has no value other than to make MIT sound green, and raise our hopes that technology will save us.
The article says they hope within 10 years this could power our houses. In 10 years we may be wishing we could power our houses on anything really. I hope in 10 years we won't need to power our houses. -Andy On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Eric Banford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a > marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT > researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: > storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. > > Until > now, solar power has been a daytime-only energy source, because storing > extra solar energy for later use is prohibitively expensive and grossly > inefficient. With today's announcement, MIT researchers have hit upon a > simple, inexpensive, highly efficient process for storing solar energy. > > Full article and video: > http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
