08-03-2008, 02:24 PM
"So, 4.2 kWh / square meter is overly optimistic with this model of solar panel."
Ofcourse it is, because that number represents the total usable solar power per square meter. My calculation was based on only 10% efficiency (0.42 kWh), and it looks like your device is doing better then that.
"If only we had more places that gave 100% optimum solar conditions for 30 days a month."
No need for that. The number given is the average solar input for any location. Did you know, btw, that the world's best 'solar panels' operate quite nicely in the long dark night on the North Pole? The black skin and (specialized) white hairs of Polar bears actually work as a solar powered heating coat.
"The fact is that disposal of the remaining waste is a solved problem, mostly solved by the French."
You mean turning it into ammunition and spread around the world? Or store it somewhere and hope nothing happens with it?
"(solar power is) something that's still failing to prove itself after more than four decades of development."
Seems to me that the device that Kandrathe described works pretty well. Even without the huge investments that went into other forms of energy production. And as you said, delocalized application has benefits that could never be reached with nuclear power.
Btw, I've explained before (on this forum) why solar power isn't popular for investers. Use the search option if you want to know.
"Mr. Sokolov sure doesn't seem concerned."
He does say Uranium will last at most 800 years. That's if we manage to find every last atom on earth. Personnally, I think the supplies won't be able to cope with demand long before then (not even speculating on the price of that last atom).
Do we really want to continue 'burning up' resources? Oil, coal, uranium, thorium, our own food...
Ofcourse it is, because that number represents the total usable solar power per square meter. My calculation was based on only 10% efficiency (0.42 kWh), and it looks like your device is doing better then that.
"If only we had more places that gave 100% optimum solar conditions for 30 days a month."
No need for that. The number given is the average solar input for any location. Did you know, btw, that the world's best 'solar panels' operate quite nicely in the long dark night on the North Pole? The black skin and (specialized) white hairs of Polar bears actually work as a solar powered heating coat.
"The fact is that disposal of the remaining waste is a solved problem, mostly solved by the French."
You mean turning it into ammunition and spread around the world? Or store it somewhere and hope nothing happens with it?
"(solar power is) something that's still failing to prove itself after more than four decades of development."
Seems to me that the device that Kandrathe described works pretty well. Even without the huge investments that went into other forms of energy production. And as you said, delocalized application has benefits that could never be reached with nuclear power.
Btw, I've explained before (on this forum) why solar power isn't popular for investers. Use the search option if you want to know.
"Mr. Sokolov sure doesn't seem concerned."
He does say Uranium will last at most 800 years. That's if we manage to find every last atom on earth. Personnally, I think the supplies won't be able to cope with demand long before then (not even speculating on the price of that last atom).
Do we really want to continue 'burning up' resources? Oil, coal, uranium, thorium, our own food...