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- johlorax, on 01/08/2008, -1/+22A few more thousand Arks like this and maybe we can stave off the next flood.
- CoffeeNut, on 01/08/2008, -1/+11"...generating over 500,000 KWh of environmentally friendly energy."
That's a nonsensical statement. Does it mean 500,000KWh daily, annually, over its entire lifetime? KWh is a unit of energy, not a rate. This is like saying a well produces 100 barrels of oil as opposed to 100 barrels of oil per week. - pw378, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4Sorry, but I can't digg a 'solar banana' as the coolest solar building (not to mention it is only a cradle for panels, not a building). I'd vote for this place - http://www.google.com/corporate/solarpanels/home
In addition the Googleplex has generated over 620,000KWh in just 6 months, well over twice what the 'solar banana' is projected to produce.
Google, as always, FTW. - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4Looks like a samurai sword case, but if we are going to use solar energy; this is a pretty neat design and shows we can be creative and integrate solar heat panels into landscapes and cities in a way that they will satisfy some of our energy needs, yet be unintrusive.
- Xerces, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4We should also maybe start creating some real arks, in case we are too late.
- unre4l, on 01/09/2008, -0/+4That's where God keeps his mustache
- tensaibaka, on 01/08/2008, -0/+3Here's the official homepage link in English:
http://www.solar-ark.com/english/index.html
Too bad it's located out in the middle of nowhere in Gifu Prefecture, otherwise I might go to see it myself. - declawedpaw, on 01/08/2008, -1/+4I wonder how much energy was expended in its design, fabrication, materials, and construction.
- craftyshrew, on 01/08/2008, -2/+5That's as close as Alex and Kevin will get to a field of diamond penises...
- captoftheworld, on 01/08/2008, -0/+3I will kill you
- lazlonger, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3Lots of parking for gas guzzling cars....just seems ironic/weird.....
- onClipEvent, on 01/09/2008, -0/+3Google Earth:
Lat: 35°19'51.59"N
Long: 136°40'17.06"E - TridenTBoy, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Talisto, 530,000 kWh annually is ***** isn't it?
- Harbinger67, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2We're gonna need more animals.
- windyridge, on 01/08/2008, -1/+3Wonderful design with a sense of humor. We need more!
- JayWright, on 01/09/2008, -0/+2But... can it staple giant pieces of paper together? :)
- fiestycrumbler, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1whats with that drawing is it a view from the top? or does that thing rotate
- pw378, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1Unintrusive? That is the last word to describe this... neat, yes, cool, sure... but certainly not unintrusive.
Also the description is inaccurate as its not a building, its just a cradle for holding the solar panels. - orca94, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1You can see if off the side of the Shinkansen tracks from Kyoto to Tokyo. I remember seeing it but I had no idea what it was then.
- lordmetroid, on 01/08/2008, -1/+2That is the evil maliced way of Rick Rolling someone, don't do that!
- euro22, on 12/17/2008, -1/+2Nay, THIS is the coolest one: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/05/21/sevilles-solar ...
- digitalarcanum, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1Protip: summon Hakkar, the god of AIDS to hit beanstudd's weakpoint for massive damage.
tl;dr: I hope you get AIDS. - nkthen, on 02/26/2008, -0/+1We'll see how much energy it can save and generate...
http://www.mysolarenergyathome.com - TridenTBoy, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1OMG EXPLICIT WORDING ON DIGG?!
- talisto, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1According to the specs page on their website, it outputs approx. 530,000 kWh annually.
http://www.solar-ark.com/english/about/spec.html - Scynet, on 01/08/2008, -1/+2Hah, NoScript pwned your pathetic attempt :)
- Vector713, on 01/09/2008, -1/+2Dugg for green architecture :D
- adventflux, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1That's what she said.
- TrnsltLife, on 01/08/2008, -2/+2Don't follow, it's that stupid "music" video, with javascript resurrection.
- scoottie, on 01/08/2008, -1/+1that's just a cool building period.
- puncikam, on 01/09/2008, -1/+1now if we can bring those creative ideas to the US we'd be set!
- toyotaboy, on 01/09/2008, -1/+1yea.. pretty easy when your one of the manufacturers of solar panels. I'm sure if I owned a tire company I could stack several thousand tires around poles and make my entrance look real snazzy too.
- justraw, on 01/09/2008, -0/+0This looks like a fun place to ride a skateboard
- DrScott, on 01/09/2008, -3/+2PENIS.
- clorton, on 01/09/2008, -1/+0reminds me of the Bose Ipod Speaker curves
- simism, on 01/09/2008, -1/+0I wonder how environmentally sustainable it was to build. Esp since I hear it is not too central.
- innocentsinner, on 01/08/2008, -2/+1I like it. Pretty sweet looking, really.
- thephuckphase, on 01/09/2008, -2/+0nice idea, hired the wrong architect
- inactive, on 01/09/2008, -4/+1no
- skopkin, on 01/08/2008, -5/+0It's Huge!!1!
- ace429k, on 01/08/2008, -5/+0it looks like a speaker.
- jcc6655, on 01/08/2008, -8/+1This is a pretty cool building, but it looks like some sort of antennae LOL
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