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Jdufy F asked:


I am writing a literature review essay..and i have to discuss about the political impact of solar energy..can anyone give me some advices or examples for what i can do about this topic.

Benson asked:


I can’t afford solar panels; but I can, for example, afford to open my blinds during the day.

Do you know of any creative ways of harvesting the sun’s energy?

Steve Hemm asked:


There is this heavily funded startup company called Blacklight Power (i’ve no affiliation with them) who claim to have invented a new way of harnessing low temperature fusion like energy. They have been in existence for over 5 yrs. If the energy source was real why don’t we hear much about them in media?

furious_male asked:


Serious discussion here.

How feasible is the idea of communities, towns, even whole cities being powered by solar energy? At the most, how about these communities being fractionally powered by solar energy; 40% Solar/ 60% Fossil fuels?

We’re not getting all George Jetson, here. We have practical means by which to make something like this happen. My research has lead me to believe the problem comes in with the initial setup.

If this is so, what would it take to materialize the dollars? Should each State solicit a ’solar energy’ tax; money dedicated to fund R&D solutions for citizens? Is it something that can be solicited to big business in exchange for free plugins; Staples invests in a solar power grid in Downtown Los Angeles… and calls it ‘The Staples Power Center”.

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power#Advantages_and_disadvantages_of_Solar_power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_ponds

ginger_jj asked:


The intensity of electromagnetic waves from the sun is 1.4 kW/m^2 just above the earth’s atmosphere. Eighty percent of this reaches the surface at noon on a clear summer day.
Suppose you model your back as a 27cm & 51cm rectangle.
How many joules of solar energy fall on your back as you work on your tan for 0.70h?