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- WordsnCollision, on 05/12/2008, -15/+58Donggwang... great porn name. Just saying...
- 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.
- maddvibe, on 05/12/2008, -3/+19This is a great investment!
- inactive, 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.
- Doznufus, on 05/12/2008, -2/+22...and why aren't we doing this?
- osmaker, on 05/12/2008, -1/+17Sadly, I don't live on a semi-tropical island.
- leejae, on 05/12/2008, -1/+13Is clean air enough of a return? I think so.
- 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 - achoi, on 05/12/2008, -1/+10because the money isn't in the cure, it's in the medicine.
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 05/12/2008, -3/+11***** yeah
go korea - biotch, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8The energy produced runs a surplus storing it for use at night.
- noahhoward, on 05/12/2008, -1/+9But Kim Jong loves his people, Kim Jong is just misunderstood.
- 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, -0/+8Sleep?
With enough panels, you can store some energy, at least enough for a village's nightly needs. - kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8There are some places in the United States that this would work great for, like Nevada and Arizona.
- 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!" - 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. - 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?
- lazerus9, on 05/12/2008, -5/+14South Korea is making strides toward energy independence!
They have just become members of the axis of evil! - biotch, on 05/12/2008, -5/+14It would be better than mandating my tax dollars go to Iraq
- 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.
- 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.
- krnldmp, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5Maybe you could make a water for power barter.
- TeasasTips, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5I agree with sustainablogger...great investment...if only we could make headway in this country...
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+5http://www.consumerspower.org/home_energy/billesti ...
Stare in awe and amazement. - ChiffX, on 05/12/2008, -3/+7Nothing will get in the way of them and Starcraft.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3Of course nobody would install a system like that in Alaska. Apparently they thought before they accted.
- 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.
- kirralin23, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3You can have it. Just have it installed.
- 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.
- ZenMojo, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2And Texas and California and New Mexico.
- 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 - 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. - bradleyland, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Jesus christ! Why didn't anyone else think of that?
- 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. - 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.
- ats314, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2cool site. I'm definitely turning my fridge and freezer up and turning my water heater down.
- 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 ..." - 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....
- sjl127, on 05/13/2008, -1/+3I don't want them taking my money for anything. How's that?
- chemrat, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2This is both funny and sad at the same time. Well, you made me laugh!
- zardoz73, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2They have this high tech new technology called "batteries".
- zardoz73, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I took a wand to my city but nothing happened. Harry Potter was unavailable for comment.
- yingjai, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2grow up. just saying...
- igob8a, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1This is a great start. They should also do this in large cities like Seoul or Busan.
- 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.
- crossmr, on 05/13/2008, -1/+2its not actually pronounced how you think it is..
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