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Giant glass orb could replace the solar panel
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| February 6, 2014
Posted on 02/10/2014 2:04:46 PM PST by grundle
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:04:47 PM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
But how much will a large glass orb cost?
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:08:41 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: SunkenCiv
Ping ... Imagine how this would look, installed on your roof.
Eye in the Sky
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:09:00 PM PST
by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: grundle
and they “laughed” at the soothsayers who used crystal balls...
To: Blood of Tyrants
But how much will a large glass orb cost? Indeed. And how much energy does it take to make and ship and install the large glass orb?
I have no problem with alternatives to coal, gas, nuclear, LNG, etc. But they have to pull their own weight to be useful in all but niche applications.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:11:20 PM PST
by
Yossarian
To: grundle
No matter how much you engineer, or how fancy the lenses are, or nanocrystalline the silicon is, you are still limited by about one kw per square meter times the cosine of your latitude times a 50% duty-cycle factor for night, times a cloud cover factor.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:11:46 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: grundle
...in direct contact with the sun at all times.
So you have to mount it on a very long pole.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:11:54 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: grundle
Yeah, but what’s going to replace hailstones?
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:11:57 PM PST
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: grundle
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:12:34 PM PST
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: grundle
Interesting idea. Would necessarily be easier to collect light energy without having to stay on target constantly.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:12:51 PM PST
by
FAA
To: Blood of Tyrants
You could fill it with water. Only literally weigh a ton.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:13:02 PM PST
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: fwdude
That’ll be covered in the next farm bill.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:13:54 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
To: SpaceBar
...just had to ruin the fun with inconvenient facts... :-)
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:14:03 PM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: grundle
Looks HEAVY. That is a LOT of glass. Hard to see that much glass being more cost effective and efficient than the current designs.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:14:31 PM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:15:19 PM PST
by
The Duke
("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
To: Pikachu_Dad
Yeah, and just watch as illegals start walking right past the copper wiring and steal the glass orbs.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:16:52 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: grundle
I’d rather have the orb in my yard than the ugly panels on my roof. It would look kind of cool in a garden setting.
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:18:00 PM PST
by
Lorianne
(fedgov, taxporkmoney)
To: grundle
Solar farm..
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:18:07 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: grundle
This is old news Bisco knew about the power of the orb YEARS AGO!
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posted on
02/10/2014 2:18:24 PM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Blood of Tyrants
But how much will a large glass orb cost?
Cost will not be a factor when some drugged up or bought out legislator makes a law requiring everyone to have one.
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