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South Korean Village Runs On 100% Solar Power
ecoworldly.com — The village ’s forty houses and the school all have large solar panels covering their roofs. A typical roof will have a two kilowatt solar installation. In 2004, the government subsidized the solar systems in Donggwang, paying 70% of the installation fees.
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- sustainablogger, on 05/12/2008, -1/+32This is a good investment on the government's part... will be really interesting to see how big the ROI is in terms of tax revenue and economic growth.
- sjl127, on 05/12/2008, -10/+6Agree it's a good idea, however, it's not our governments job to mandate this. Besides, it doesn't come in stucco, so I won't buy it.
- biotch, on 05/12/2008, -5/+14It would be better than mandating my tax dollars go to Iraq
- sjl127, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3I don't want them taking my money for anything. How's that?
- travis1982, on 05/13/2008, -1/+7Then maybe you should go live in the woods as a Hobo, people pay their governments for a reason...to make society safer, stable, economically sound etc. With your reasoning, governments would fall and society along with it, I hate this deep seeded thinking that governments are BAD. Grow up.
- Fordi, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1The ideal role of government is to act as a club treasurer: to take in members' money, and to redistribute it among the club's interests.
Our (the US) government has been spending money on things that are not in our interests. Thus, baby needs a spanking. - travis1982, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Yes, that would be the ideal role in a ideal world, however..our would is far from ideal. I understand that there always needs to be people criticizing the government, otherwise it would just turn into a dictatorship, but the US is the leading country in the world with more luxuries then Americans would like to admit. Yes the government may spend American tax dollars on things/wars that the people may not agree with, but how about all of the things they no one gives them credit for? I just see a lot of Americans hating their governments, and honestly I am not a big fan of some of the things the American government has done either, but coooome on...whine much? Canada and the UK have to pay 10 times the amount of taxes Americans pay and do you see us whine about it? Granted our government didn't send troops to invade Iraq, but even before that, it was still going on.
- biotch, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Americans do have luxuries but be careful when you cite higher taxes in other countries such as the UK and Canada. Some of those costs end up costing Americans more out of pocket. Health care is a good example. Health care in America is a wonderful luxury if you are rich enough. 48 million Americans cant afford health care. Thats 1/6th of our entire population. While you spend more money on taxes that actually raise the quality of life in your country, we spend taxes on blowing up and rebuilding Iraq. How would you like it if someone forced your country to spend 500 billion dollars on Iraq? I personally walk by multiple starving people on the street everyday here in America... eating out of trash cans and trying to sleep on concrete, sometimes relieving themselves on the sidewalk cuz they have nowhere else to go. To see that and know that ANY of my tax dollars are going to Iraq pisses me off.
- Fordi, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1The ideal role of government is to act as a club treasurer: to take in members' money, and to redistribute it among the club's interests.
- sanman, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3Gee, if everything's going to get compared to Iraq, then how about donating that money to buy me a massive home theater system? That too would be less harmful than funding war in Iraq. Seriously though, it's pretty lame to fall back on the Iraq argument for everything.
- biotch, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I didnt fall back on it ... sjl127 made a comment arguing against the idea of government mandated spending on solar power. Im merely pointing out that the money is there to easily do it. Its just being allocated incorrectly. Further, investing in solar power would reduce our oil demand and therefore reduce America's motivation for making the idiotic decision to go into Iraq in the first place....
And honestly, if I had the choice between spending money in Iraq and spending that same money to buy you a massive home theater system, Id chose the latter hands down.
- biotch, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I didnt fall back on it ... sjl127 made a comment arguing against the idea of government mandated spending on solar power. Im merely pointing out that the money is there to easily do it. Its just being allocated incorrectly. Further, investing in solar power would reduce our oil demand and therefore reduce America's motivation for making the idiotic decision to go into Iraq in the first place....
- biotch, on 05/12/2008, -5/+14It would be better than mandating my tax dollars go to Iraq
- leejae, on 05/12/2008, -1/+13Is clean air enough of a return? I think so.
- sjl127, on 05/12/2008, -10/+6Agree it's a good idea, however, it's not our governments job to mandate this. Besides, it doesn't come in stucco, so I won't buy it.
- WordsnCollision, on 05/12/2008, -15/+58Donggwang... great porn name. Just saying...
- zephyr42, on 05/12/2008, -7/+1Sounds better as Wangdong
- crossmr, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2its not actually pronounced how you think it is..
- yingjai, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2grow up. just saying...
- maddvibe, on 05/12/2008, -3/+19This is a great investment!
- s0nniez, on 05/12/2008, -18/+4A village with forty houses and a school... I wonder if they are all related...
- ClevelandBrown, on 05/12/2008, -2/+0ew gross.
- Scynet, on 05/12/2008, -5/+3We're already all related, whether you believe in evolution or some other idea. We don't have to go back more than a hundred generations and most of our parents lived somewhere in Europe. For some of us, it goes even further, but it all leads to the first folks in Africa eventually.
- osmaker, on 05/12/2008, -1/+17Sadly, I don't live on a semi-tropical island.
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8There are some places in the United States that this would work great for, like Nevada and Arizona.
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2And Texas and California and New Mexico.
- crossmr, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Korea receives snow. -10 to -15 C in the winter 30-35 in the summer depending on location. So if thats going to be a major requirement they won't be able to really spread this.
- UtilityPole, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0Ahahah what the hell? Korea isn't "semi-tropical". It lies on the same parallel as several Canadian cities- their weather patterns are comparable to Northeastern U.S./Southeast Ontario.
You might want to invest in a world map there, buddy.
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8There are some places in the United States that this would work great for, like Nevada and Arizona.
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/12/2008, -3/+11***** yeah
go korea - gplpark92, on 05/12/2008, -1/+18While villages in North Korea struggle to survive without basic elements for life, villages in South Korea are truly self-sufficient.
- noahhoward, on 05/12/2008, -1/+9But Kim Jong loves his people, Kim Jong is just misunderstood.
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1See, nothing to worry about. Once the United States shakes off its Fascist hegemony like the South Koreans did in the 90's, then we can embrace non-militant Social Democracy and escape that long night.
- noahhoward, on 05/12/2008, -6/+8They most likely didn't have much consumption to begin with. Otherwise I doubt they could have afforded it.
- MacEnvy, on 05/12/2008, -1/+6If each roof has 2 KW installed, and they're on a semi-tropical island, so they're probably producing 8-10 KWhr per day per household. That amount may not power the average American home (~30 KWhr per day), but in most parts of the world (including much of Europe) that's a decent amount.
- Doznufus, on 05/12/2008, -2/+22...and why aren't we doing this?
- achoi, on 05/12/2008, -1/+10because the money isn't in the cure, it's in the medicine.
- cgrado, on 05/12/2008, -3/+7Because we actually use electricity for more than lighting. My computer alone probably uses more than those solar panels put out.
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5Doesn't Ed Begley, Jr. have a completely self-sufficient green home and a television? How about we stop worrying about our imaginary obstacles and start considering our visionary solutions? Mkay, thanks.
- Herostratos, on 05/12/2008, -1/+8Because you live in a population centre consisting of more than 40 people? Because it is more efficient to produce it at a centralized, specialized location and then send it over to you? Because you want to have electricity when the sun doesn't shine? All of the above?
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Some people are doing it. When you are in sunnier areas of the country you will often find people with solar panals on their houses or in their yards. It wouldn't be very efficient in a place like Washington or Oregon, too much cloud cover. As energy prices rise, more and more people will be looking into producing all or part of their own power.
- chemrat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Actually, many of us are, both on personal levels (single homes) and with large power plants. This is documented in many places. Try treehugger.com, specifically http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/04/solar_powe ... and also http://greenchemistry.wordpress.com/ for a start.
- nyls, on 05/12/2008, -2/+12You are looking at the future. With the price of pv technology on the way down and energy prices steeply up, soon all our roofs will be solar. Without government subsidies. And without powerlines - just a local grid with central energy storage for night & peak demand.
- Scynet, on 05/12/2008, -1/+11Speak for yourself. We've no manner of luck with solar power here in northern Europe at all. 8 to 9 months of dark, cold winter and the summers are often couldy too.
Maybe, if we figured out how to make superconductors work in reasonable temperatures, we could transfer power without the huge losses that now limit it.- krnldmp, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5Maybe you could make a water for power barter.
- twigboy, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1we need that arc generator!
- nyls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1"Speak for yourself."
Ok, my sympathies. I guess the little power you save by not having to turn on the lights during summer evenings doesn't go very far to compensate.
"Maybe, if we figured out how to make superconductors work in reasonable temperatures, ..."
Superconductors do work in unreasonable temperatures: does that not include your region?
- Laughsatyou, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2solar panels in space.
- krd1979, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1...and a really long extension cord.
- mijelh, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3In Spain it's compulsory to include solar panels in all new and renovated buildings since 2004, and I read that Northern Ireland might adopt a similar legislation making microgeneration systems compulsory (http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp ... I'm sure that there are more nations with similar laws
- Scynet, on 05/12/2008, -1/+11Speak for yourself. We've no manner of luck with solar power here in northern Europe at all. 8 to 9 months of dark, cold winter and the summers are often couldy too.
- lazerus9, on 05/12/2008, -5/+14South Korea is making strides toward energy independence!
They have just become members of the axis of evil!- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Now all we have to do is order our embedded soldiers to steal their sunlight and sell it back through independent contractors! I suggest an enormous telescoping dish carefully placed ... then we can drill sideways under North Korea's schools....
- chemrat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2This is both funny and sad at the same time. Well, you made me laugh!
- boydrew, on 05/12/2008, -9/+0dong(g)-wang...are you serious!?!
- alwaysthere, on 05/12/2008, -11/+8What do they do when the sun goes down?
- Scynet, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8Sleep?
With enough panels, you can store some energy, at least enough for a village's nightly needs. - biotch, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8The energy produced runs a surplus storing it for use at night.
- bry5an, on 05/12/2008, -5/+2When da lightsh go dooown in da *****..!
- Erythroxylum, on 05/12/2008, -4/+1When the sun goes down, they find out what it's like to live under communism.
Ha! Donggwang. Hilarious. - zardoz73, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2They have this high tech new technology called "batteries".
- otw7, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I doubt you could run an A/C on batteries for very long. I sure wouldn't want to live on solar power if it meant you could only have the lights on a few hours after dark.
- Scynet, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8Sleep?
- ChiffX, on 05/12/2008, -3/+7Nothing will get in the way of them and Starcraft.
- kertong, on 05/12/2008, -2/+9 Burns: "Not while my greatest nemesis still provides our customers with free light, heat and energy. I call this enemy...the sun."
[throws a switch; a control panel appears at his desk]
[another button slides the floor off a model of Springfield]
"Since the beginning of time man has yearned to destroy the
sun. I will do the next best thing...block it out!" - mikbor, on 05/12/2008, -5/+1i love the perfect spelling of this article makes me prood
- kathos, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4Awesome, 2.1kw what does that power? That's like... almost 11 Xbox 360s (203w apiece), I guess that's enough for TV and cooking and such no? Someone educate me on this.
Also, those panels are dirty! They should clean 'em up.- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5http://www.consumerspower.org/home_energy/billesti ...
Stare in awe and amazement.- ats314, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2cool site. I'm definitely turning my fridge and freezer up and turning my water heater down.
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5http://www.consumerspower.org/home_energy/billesti ...
- Desslok, on 05/12/2008, -6/+16Wow, 40 houses and a school on a tropical island. Get ready for 100% solar power New York City!
/sarcasm - sputza, on 05/12/2008, -6/+2There is power in South Korea?
- purplesawdust, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2God Dammit...
- ladyarcher85, on 05/12/2008, -2/+6I hope we can have the same system here. With the rising cost of electric bills we all could use this.
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3You can have it. Just have it installed.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2You can, panel prices run about $4.81 per watt and the DOE lists yearly residential energy consumption of 10,219 kW per year. Lets assume you live in sunny California with 8 hours of peak sun per day (that means a 1 kW panel would generate 8 kilowatt hours per day).
x=10219/(8*365) = 3.5 kW of panels needed
3500 W * $4.81 = $ 16975 plus installation costs and fixtures
So, for a mere $17,000 you can buy enough panels to power your house
http://www.solarbuzz.com/Moduleprices.htm
ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/consumption/residential/four_states/totenergy_ce_4states.pdf
- salinemist, on 05/12/2008, -7/+8"South Korean Village Runs On 100% Tax Dollars"
- doommetal, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2That, sir, was incredible!
- UtilityPole, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1What modern North American city doesn't? I don't pay 40-50% of my income for nothing, you know.
- kb9rlf, on 05/12/2008, -6/+4THEY ARE SEMI-TROPICAL!!! Try that in like Alaska, it may impress me, but not when you are not heating a damn thing execpt your nightly rice. WOW I have solar powered walk way lighting, which is about all the power THEY WOULD EVER NEED.
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3Of course nobody would install a system like that in Alaska. Apparently they thought before they accted.
- bradleyland, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Jesus christ! Why didn't anyone else think of that?
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1So, wait...you mean the solution to a problem in South Korea won't work in Alaska? No ***** way.
Look, just because Alaska is half the landmass of the United States doesn't mean it's half the United States. - chemrat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1In Alaska, I'd recommend wind power. You'd be selling lots of power to the power company.
- nastronomical, on 05/12/2008, -8/+3Would it work here in NYC? NO YOU ***** UNEDUCATED JACKASSESS. It seems energy independence is the latest catch phrase from the liberal leftist fools. instead of addressing the issue in a LOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC and RATIONAL manner, they let their unrelenting emotions, politics and ignorance takeover.
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1No one's ***** saying it would work in NYC. NYC is a major city that takes in electricity like crazy. Donggwang is on a ***** island housing 40 homes and a school. The story isn't "Let's make major cities use solar power!" That'd be a retarded idea. The story is that a town - a RURAL town - was able to be supported with just electricity. That doesn't mean we're gonna start sticking solar panels into cities now, but we can probably pull it off on a rural scale. We already are, to an extent, with windmills and the like.
- nlke182, on 05/12/2008, -2/+3I wand my city to be like this.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -1/+0Who wouldn't want their city to disappear and be replaced with a quiet village with 40 houses and nice safe Koreans living in them?
- zardoz73, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I took a wand to my city but nothing happened. Harry Potter was unavailable for comment.
- Pinkertinkle, on 05/12/2008, -1/+3You know if we just covered the state of New Mexico with one giant photo voltaic panel we would be really set solar power wise.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2Great, then what do we do between 6 PM and 6 AM? How about we build whatever will be cheapest in the long run and not bias the process with government subsidies or quaint notions about what is earth friendly.
- Pinkertinkle, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Simple, we'll turn Utah into a state packed east to west with pebble bed nuclear power plants. That's much better than your idea which involves mostly building a crap-load of coal power plants, you jerk.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2Great, then what do we do between 6 PM and 6 AM? How about we build whatever will be cheapest in the long run and not bias the process with government subsidies or quaint notions about what is earth friendly.
- WaldoX, on 05/12/2008, -3/+2their AA batteries will still run when the north decides to cut power and invade
- TeasasTips, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5I agree with sustainablogger...great investment...if only we could make headway in this country...
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2How can you declare something a great investment when you don't know what it actually cost? I'll give you a hint, solar doesn't even make sense with 2008 energy prices, there's no way in hell it made sense in 2004 when panels were more expensive. Have a read.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2 ...- Naieve, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Actually they will become competitive when the new magnification units come into play. Of course then demand will increase and the prices will rise again.
Even greenpeace finally figured out that nuclear is most environmentally friendly scalable energy that we can harness for the foreseeable future. Of course this was after they helped end the nuclear revolution ensuring we put billions of tons of CO2 and pollution into the air from oil and coal power plants.
God Bless Greenpeace and all the environuts who leapt before they looked. Oh wait, that was a cliff.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhh,
- Naieve, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Actually they will become competitive when the new magnification units come into play. Of course then demand will increase and the prices will rise again.
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2How can you declare something a great investment when you don't know what it actually cost? I'll give you a hint, solar doesn't even make sense with 2008 energy prices, there's no way in hell it made sense in 2004 when panels were more expensive. Have a read.
- waitasec, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5Too many people missing the point. Its an island. Energy independence is very important. They don't have the resources. Look at Cuba. They didn't make toasters illegal for 40 years because they were communist. They are an island with limited resources. Where were they going to get their power from the US? Now that they are harnassing more wind, solar, waves they are allowing more electronic devices.
And for the idiots saying South Korea has nothing to power except rice cookers...welcome to the freeworld dumbass. "May 5, 2008 ... South Korea's broadband network is the most developed in the world, a rank recently released by International Information Technology and ..."- mongo25, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2It's also the same country where apple users, firefox users, opera users and linux users can't conduct encrypted communications. All of this must be done with ActiveX controls. For them, there's no on-line banking, no secure transactions. In other words they're forced to use Microsoft over there... but welcome to the free world. http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2007/01/26/00h ...
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1What the hell are you talking about? I lived in SK for half my life time and there IS online banking. There ARE secure transactions.
- mongo25, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2It's also the same country where apple users, firefox users, opera users and linux users can't conduct encrypted communications. All of this must be done with ActiveX controls. For them, there's no on-line banking, no secure transactions. In other words they're forced to use Microsoft over there... but welcome to the free world. http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2007/01/26/00h ...
- bhod, on 05/13/2008, -6/+5i cant wait until obama is president. i bet we'll have funding for some solar power then. i don't care if he raises taxes as long as we get alternative energy. gobama!
- krd1979, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5...so you want a more socialist country? then move somewhere else. I want the lowest taxes possible, just give me roads, military protection, and libraries and let the free market work out the best energy solutions.
- ats314, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Move somewhere else? He's talking about a current presidential candidate. One with a good shot at winning. Whether you like him or not, telling someone to move somewhere else because they support Obama is ridiculous.
- doommetal, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1We can do without libraries too
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -1/+0I'd rather have cost effective energy thank you very much. If you want solar power, by all means buy the panels and put them up. Or opt for whatever green power generation program your utility offers and pay them twice as much for it.
- amightywind, on 05/13/2008, -4/+3So Obomber is a brilliant engineer now? Kinda like Kim Jong Il who is an expert in medicine, engineering, argrilculture... Love the Dear Leader Obama.
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2You're comparing Obama to Kim Jong Il because they're both engineers? You, sir, are a retard.
bhod didn't even say Obama was a brilliant engineer. All he said was that Obama probably will support solar power funding.
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2You're comparing Obama to Kim Jong Il because they're both engineers? You, sir, are a retard.
- krd1979, on 05/13/2008, -2/+5...so you want a more socialist country? then move somewhere else. I want the lowest taxes possible, just give me roads, military protection, and libraries and let the free market work out the best energy solutions.
- COINTELPROAgent, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1The article doesn't say how they store the energy for use at night. If they simply have it plugged into the grid, then they are dependant on "unclean" energy to survive. If they are using loads of toxic batteries (doubt it), that is even worse.
- jdrift, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1The rise of Donggwang! Why is it so hard for America to get up the nerve to do something like this? Flaccid thinking!
- Barackalypse, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0End user installs like this currently do not make economic sense, they should have invested the money, bought power from cheaper coal sources until such time as solar was cost effective per watt. Had they simply waited 5-10 years they could have probably powered two or three villages for the same price, instead they're stuck with today's technology that isn't quite competitive with grid power yet.
At the end of the day solar makes money in only three ways:
1) You're spending money on research and own the patents to license to manufacturers
2) You're a manufacturer building the panels
3) Solar power is cheaper than the traditional grid (either because of a remote location that requires diesel generators or a large expense to build out new transmission lines to you)
Unless you fall into one of those 3 categories, you're making an economically foolish choice, albeit a green one. - amightywind, on 05/13/2008, -4/+4You eco-liberal hippies really want to run on solar and wind. Too bad combined they have about 1% of the energy necessary.
- nick111, on 05/13/2008, -2/+3Presumably you didn't read the article then.
Have you ever read any article?
You are this guy aren't you : http://memewatch.com/thelist/archives/pix/morans.j ...
Hate to say it, but like : fail - doommetal, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2Al Gore's socialist government controlled biofuels are a partial cause of rising food prices. The liberals will stop at nothing to get themselves rich at the expense of our nation
- nick111, on 05/13/2008, -2/+3Presumably you didn't read the article then.
- ReGGsRoom, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I don't mean to be krass but I am still looking for a car that runs on urine... for a friend. No that sounds weird too.
- mongo25, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1And where will your friend obtain many gallons of urine on a consistent basis?
- igob8a, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1This is a great start. They should also do this in large cities like Seoul or Busan.
- ndngoat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1In South Korea, village run on solar power
In North Korea, Kim Jong-il IS power... or else! - Naieve, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1The problem with this that most people ignore is that photovoltaics require finite resources. They can be increased in effectiveness through use of things such as the new magnification units that ensure each cell works to the maximum of its potential.
The problem of course being, that any truly large scale use on nationwide scales draws upon said finite resources, until the cost rises above that which people are willing to pay.
Get em while they last, prices will be going up. - robbiemuffin, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2oh yeah! http://digg.com/comedy/Virtually_all_of_North_Kore ...
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1that doesn't say North Korea runs on solar power... it says that North Korea has no lights to turn on at night...
- 4abtrlife, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0This is great news guys.
1. Now there is a city powered by wind http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/05/first-wind-pow ...
2. A city powered by hydrogen http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23451723/
3. Cars that run on half gasoline and half water http://www.water4gas-scam.com
This is awesome! Great to see the world going towards greener fuels and my guess is that with certain parts of the world already paying $8/gallon of gasoline, we're going to see more and more green fuels - inajeep, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1Our township just shot down a proposal to put solar panels on the roof of the high school. It would have made the township money over time. The new proposal is to put a field of solar panels on top of the closed land fill. I can not think of a better use for the land that clean energy. There are 3 companies proposing using that land for solar farming.
- UtilityPole, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1It's good to see that we finally seem to have broken past the "experimental" phase. I'm sick and tired of hearing news release after news release that say things like, "New solar panels yield x kilowatts of energy- but experts say they're still in experimental phases..."
- JapaneseEconomy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1When the lights go out, the lights really go out!
- irishjamie, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Solar panels are great, but we in the US can do even better with Space Solar Power, as David Kagan wrote about in Sunstroke. I loved the article.
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