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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:48 PM Original message |
Can Solar Thermal replace coal? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Their collector will work even better if they aim it at the sun. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thanks! |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you want to go real slow.... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. It may be able to replace SOME coal. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Thermal solar could replace all coal |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. $ for little....... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And exactly how is trading the cost of fuel and pollution... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I don't understand... |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Maybe, but..... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You don't understand environmentalism at all |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Okaaaay... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Who recommended building a massive wheel out in the middle of the ocean? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I don't know if you think you are being funhy, but your comments are borderline "slander" |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Ah, |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. shit |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. The Sierra Club supports photovoltaic solar generation |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Thin film solar PV and CPV and other techniques for increased efficiency |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. If a $1 Billion investment powers 500K homes... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. . |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. When looking at alternate fuel sources should also evaluate centralization vs. decentralization... |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I agree wth your decentralization premise. It is inherently democratic. |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. BRAVO!!!!! I too want decentralized power! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Um...um...um... |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. These two projects are in the works right now... |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think NN thinks solar and wind are evil--doesn't matter to it if they work. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. You have zero conception of what I think. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Did you ever here of LUZ? No? Why am I not surprised? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. The economics that have solar have also doomed your nuclear development |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. E=MC2 |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. not economical either...eom |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. ... All it requires is engineering, funding and the will to do so. |
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LogansPapa (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Go South, Young Man! |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I just don't know where to begin |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. I think that the chances of shutting any power plant down are not good |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Only if 50,000 square miles of solar panels is OK to you. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's ok with me |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Oh wow, you think this graphic *supports* your position? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. That destroys the Grand Canyon, the southern half of Utah, and big parts of AZ and NM |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. LOL - they can be more widely distributed |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. How much land is required for a concentrating solar plant |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Those are two excellent points.... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. How much land is required for concentrating solar power plants? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. How much water do solar thermal plants need to operate? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. These are Stirling Engines and shouldn't need much water if any. nt |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. None actually |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. It's a beautiful system, really. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Infinia has a smaller unit |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. Over the holidays, I read an article in the NYT, I think, but I couldn't find it on their website. |
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