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To: TobagoJack who wrote (39286)8/27/2008 8:57:34 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (3) of 218044
 
- if solar succeeds, then russia neutered and saudi arabia tamed,

what type of solar you envision? the sun is radiating around 1.3+KW per square meter. Around the equator you can get easy an average of close to 1 KW per square meter.

Today most commercial systems do not even convert at 10% efficiency - so you need a surrogate source of energy and the best is wind and sea who also store solar energy. Put a rizhome or seed into the ground and you have close to 5% efficiency

Silicon is not the ideal material for PV cells and solar concentrators are expensive

Any new ideas up your sleeve?
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