SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: LindyBill who wrote (9738)2/23/2007 2:01:44 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36921
 
This engineer believes solar panels are not much improved over those of 30 years ago. They do not capture a much higher pecentage of the solar insolation that is incident. The effectiveness of a solar energy colection systems if a complex mix of the other components in a system.

This is a few year old picture of solar colectors I installed in the late seventies. They are part of a quite efficient drain down solar aux hot water heating system.