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- redwolfwalker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+19Certainly ambitious, hope they find some success with this, it is a futuristic plan
- atomicpoet, on 04/09/2009, -0/+17Sources of power like this make Montgomery Burns cry.
- wayzup, on 04/09/2009, -1/+13It seems so much like common sense, you'd think we would have jumped on an idea/ideas like this/these a long time ago. I guess I just assumed people far smarter than I am would realize that the Sun is THE energy source for our solar system & we should work toward harnassing that instead of clinging like children to security blankets to fossil fuels.
Better late than never, I guess. - TJ11240, on 04/09/2009, -0/+7Its named the Sunshine State for a reason
- Lab3003, on 04/09/2009, -0/+6I think this needs to be supported so that other cities and developments can use it as a model for future growth
- yerdaddy, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5One thing you can say right off the bat is that it isn't investing in these sorts of things that caused the recession. On the other hand "investment" in investment in the infallability of investement alone didn't work out so well. Maybe putting money into the Real future isn't such a bad idea.
- grey580, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5There is almost always sunlight every day here in miami. And if there are some clouds or thunderstorms they move away pretty quickly.
I don't know why we don't have any solar farms in miami. Other than the land being super expensive. There really isn't any reason not to have solar powered something around. - whatever01, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5If properly designed, a Dark Sky compliant street light can be more efficient than a conventional streetlight because, duh, the light goes where you want it, not where you can't use it.
http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do
http://www.seagulllighting.com/Dark-Sky-Qualified- ... I'm not affiliated, just a fan. - katorga, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5IMO, consumer solar needs to be subsidized to the point of being FREE. All that roof space is wasted today, and think about how many square miles all of the roofs in the country represent! All conveniently hooked to the power grid too! Think about how much total electricity that could generate!
Screw public utility solar, the future is individual solar. - Countess666, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5photovoltaic panels don't need direct sunlight so they work perfectly well on a cloudy day. (which is why the biggest of these plants is in Germany and still making money)
its when only you start working with thermal-solar-power or focus lenses/mirrors that direct sunlight becomes important. - JayRD, on 04/09/2009, -0/+4I live here and it's hot and sunny most of the time.
- diggydougie, on 04/09/2009, -1/+5I like the solar powered street lights. They could put those anywhere.
But I don't like the light pollution street lights produce. If they would only put flaps around the lamps to put the light on the roadway only, I would feel better about them. It drives me nuts when driving at night to see those giant rings of lights at major highway intersections. Just one of those things uses more electricity than my house (probably several houses). - redwolfwalker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+4Perhaps Homer could still enjoy doughnuts there.
- bonerfide, on 04/09/2009, -0/+3Yup bought my first solor panel recently. Was out there today trying to position it to catch the sun. Still haven't been able to get it to charge the battery but I think I got it placed right today
- m0llusk, on 04/09/2009, -0/+3Florida already has a huge glut of development. It might make more sense to find some way of doing this as a retrofit to some existing development.
- JakePM, on 04/10/2009, -0/+3i hate sprawl. vegas, arizona and california are the worst for that. not sure about florida.
- Frostek, on 04/09/2009, -0/+3A lot can change in 20 years.
- inactive, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2oh this is easy. The Simpsons.
- richalot, on 04/09/2009, -1/+3I was expecting to see a photo of a giant magnifying glass being used one people as a means of population control (think ants). All kidding aside, Florida's state nickname is the sunshine state and you can count the overcast days--in a year--on your fingers. The problem isn't the cost (at least not anymore) so much as the local government being fat and ineffective. We've been trying to get commuter rail in Orlando for the last 10 years and still can't get it started b/c of political bickering. Even if we don't harness the sun to build futuristic cities, we should be using it for far more than we currently do.
- PeachesTheCow, on 04/12/2009, -0/+1I like the idea, but if this is really meant as a sprawl alternative it should be built on brownfield land inside an existing city, or replace some of the wasted strip malls that already exist. This thing is way out on greenfield land.
- PeachesTheCow, on 04/12/2009, -0/+1Florida is at least as bad as those mentioned above... it's horrible
- Countess666, on 04/09/2009, -1/+2he paid for the land with his own money so that seems unlikely at best.
- acasualobserver, on 04/15/2009, -0/+0Why don't you find someone in Arizona or New Mexico with the vision to see the opportunity, the experience to meet the challenges, the financial resources to make a project of this magnitude happen, and the credibility to attract partners like FPL? Find that person, 20,000 acres of desirable land in the "right" location, and there will be two solar cities for the world to emulate.
- 93ex, on 04/09/2009, -2/+2This thing has been beaten to death around here in SWFL.
- thinkforaminute, on 04/10/2009, -0/+0I'm sold.
http://www.babcockranchflorida.com/homevideo.asp - depro9, on 04/09/2009, -2/+2This guy is running a scam, wait & see.
- inactive, on 04/09/2009, -3/+3Quote "The history of Florida is littered with spectacular landscape-changing proposals that never made it past the drawing board."
Ya they are going to build this in a recession....
I'll take some of what he's smoking puff puff pass pal - santiago1, on 04/09/2009, -5/+2 Wait, so South Florida for solar power? WTF? Seems like it's often very cloudy there, more so than sunny, no? Here's an idea, Mr. Kitson; take your idea to an area that will provide you with better return on your investment, say, Arizona or New Mexico, perhaps?
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