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 Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:36 pm
Thought I'd start things off with a discussion of solar power. Personally, my family have a solar water heater which helps to reduce our gas usage for heating and hot water.
I also think that using high efficiency power grids (some are already in the pipeline, its not just speculation) the world could run on solar power, provided there is considerable investment by all of the world's economies.
Just want to hear everyone else's views on this mrgreen
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:08 pm
Solar Power is amazing. Honestly, the things they are doing with Solar Power these days amaze me and make me smile. Like, there's this Jacket (very fashionable, too) with solar pannels on it, and what you can do is plug in your cell phone, ipod, mp3player, or anything that needs to be recharged, and it will recharge using 100% solar energy. it's probably very expencive, but its a step forward into something great, wouldnt you agree?
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:47 pm
organization_13_gurl Solar Power is amazing. Honestly, the things they are doing with Solar Power these days amaze me and make me smile. Like, there's this Jacket (very fashionable, too) with solar pannels on it, and what you can do is plug in your cell phone, ipod, mp3player, or anything that needs to be recharged, and it will recharge using 100% solar energy. it's probably very expencive, but its a step forward into something great, wouldnt you agree? I would love to have one of those! Maybe even a solar panel parasol for eco-goths =D
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:52 pm
TomV organization_13_gurl Solar Power is amazing. Honestly, the things they are doing with Solar Power these days amaze me and make me smile. Like, there's this Jacket (very fashionable, too) with solar pannels on it, and what you can do is plug in your cell phone, ipod, mp3player, or anything that needs to be recharged, and it will recharge using 100% solar energy. it's probably very expencive, but its a step forward into something great, wouldnt you agree? I would love to have one of those! Maybe even a solar panel parasol for eco-goths =D absolutly. i would buy one of those in a matter of seconds. its actually a very good idea
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:16 am
Hello there. I'm extremely interested in solar energy. In robotics class, I hooked up a small solar panel to the motor. It didn't work because it was cloudy though. xD
I wish solar energy panels weren't so expensive though. If I had enough money, I'd invest in them.
By the way, if anybody lives in California, I'll be at the California State Fair in the exhibit hall with the Laguna Creek High School green academy. Ask for Kristen. smile
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:19 pm
Yay for Solar Enah-G! (One of my friends and I have changed the spelling of energy. get over it XD)
I think the world is being cheap by not investing in solar power.
But I do understand why it's not more common.
I guess. XD
I adore the aspect of solar energy. I mean, what more use could the sun be to our earth once it supplies us with heat, UV rays, light, and Enah-G?!
I would definately buy one of those jackets. And a parasol. Not sure how much it'd work, with how little sun we get here >.<
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:41 pm
TomV Thought I'd start things off with a discussion of solar power. Personally, my family have a solar water heater which helps to reduce our gas usage for heating and hot water. I also think that using high efficiency power grids (some are already in the pipeline, its not just speculation) the world could run on solar power, provided there is considerable investment by all of the world's economies. Same here. We rely on a lot of Solar power for a lot of things to work in this house. idea
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:57 pm
I wish so bad that solar power was more invested in around here. I've seen a few places with solar panels up in LA. Even though solar power is said to be expensive, if we make it more available then maybe it wouldn't so cheap and people could stop making excuses. scream
I remember see a bunch of stuff on solar energy on PBS a few years back. The solar-powered was unbelievable cool. It runs on pure solar power, and it can still run at night and on cloudy days because the solar energy it takes in all flows into a battery and it stores that energy! 8D There was also something about solar panels, too, but it was a while later after the car one. These solar panels aren't big and bulky and are installed right into the roof of the home. And to take care of them, you just sweep them every once in a while. They look like they're actually part of the roof, and it was so amazing for me to see! (I was only, like, 12 at that time. Hehe~)
I'd would totally buy that parasol. 8D I can be fashionable and eco-cool at the same time! 8D
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:45 am
Solar power would be a great asset granted enough people woul be willing to invest in it and other clean sources of energy
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:46 am
KimLink I wish so bad that solar power was more invested in around here. I've seen a few places with solar panels up in LA. Even though solar power is said to be expensive, if we make it more available then maybe it wouldn't so cheap and people could stop making excuses. scream I remember see a bunch of stuff on solar energy on PBS a few years back. The solar-powered was unbelievable cool. It runs on pure solar power, and it can still run at night and on cloudy days because the solar energy it takes in all flows into a battery and it stores that energy! 8D There was also something about solar panels, too, but it was a while later after the car one. These solar panels aren't big and bulky and are installed right into the roof of the home. And to take care of them, you just sweep them every once in a while. They look like they're actually part of the roof, and it was so amazing for me to see! (I was only, like, 12 at that time. Hehe~) I'd would totally buy that parasol. 8D I can be fashionable and eco-cool at the same time! 8D i agree! ^^ that would be awesome biggrin
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:50 am
I like solar power, however there are a few letbacks with the issue being that there are some places in the world that just don't get enough sunlight to power a solar panel. A lot of places are stuck with clouds, so it would be hard to power a house.
I think that if we can advance solar power enough, it would be a great source of energy for most places. However, I don't think that the world can just run on one source of power. It just won't work for everyone in the world. Many environmental factors come into play that people have to think about.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:24 pm
I'm glad theres peploe out there that actually care
about the environment like I do
makes meh really happy
whee
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:02 pm
Solar Energy is great but it cost ALOT of money just to build them, And with this economy this isn't possible to use.
And if im wrong about the money then reply [:.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:25 pm
organization_13_gurl Solar Power is amazing. Honestly, the things they are doing with Solar Power these days amaze me and make me smile. Like, there's this Jacket (very fashionable, too) with solar pannels on it, and what you can do is plug in your cell phone, ipod, mp3player, or anything that needs to be recharged, and it will recharge using 100% solar energy. it's probably very expencive, but its a step forward into something great, wouldnt you agree? Here's a picture of the Jacket and an article on it if anyone is intrested.
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:12 pm
I think solar power is great, but it should be paired with some other type of renewable source {like hydro- or wind-powered} just for those cloudy, gloomy days. (//_^) ninja
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