At 11:06 AM 8/1/2008 -0400, you wrote: >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.
Dear Andy and Friends--This is more pie in the sky stuff. The amount of energy, industrial infrastructure and raw materials needed to produce such a system for "our houses" would be staggering--well beyond the reach of our already crumbling economic systems and infrastructure. Besides, we don't have 10 years.... Tom >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 _______________________________________________ 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
