tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post3207264172213531531..comments2023-10-15T05:20:00.675-06:00Comments on Entropy Production: NIMBY Abuse of Power RatingsRobert McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-82474357339072004172007-08-14T05:14:00.000-06:002007-08-14T05:14:00.000-06:00Many people believe solar power is unreasonable; i...Many people believe solar power is unreasonable; it could be cloudy, it doesn’t produce enough energy, etc. But they’re wrong. Solar power is essentially infinite, so it never runs out, unlike fossil fuels. The amount of solar energy intercepted by the Earth every minute is greater than the amount of energy the world uses in fossil fuels each year. Converting solar energy into usable energy gives off no pollution. When combined with other technologies, solar power could be even more useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-48052638713137027562007-01-23T23:01:00.000-07:002007-01-23T23:01:00.000-07:00Re: RetScreen -- nifty, thanks!
I'm not sure how ...Re: RetScreen -- nifty, thanks!<br /><br />I'm not sure how I'd go about doing that myself, but maybe I'll poke a couple of my friends at Google, and see if somebody might like to take it up as a side project. (Like how <a href="http://www.gapminder.org/">GapMinder</a> got created...)Auroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717088139593020249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-16693064252238782772007-01-11T11:09:00.000-07:002007-01-11T11:09:00.000-07:00RETScreen already is basically capable of that. S...<a href="www.retscreen.net">RETScreen</a> already is basically capable of that. Someone would have to link the RETScreen database to a postal code lookup but that wouldn't be terribly difficult.Robert McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-11763909767059816172007-01-09T16:30:00.000-07:002007-01-09T16:30:00.000-07:00I'm wondering whether it might be possible to prod...I'm wondering whether it might be possible to produce a web tool that would ask for your zipcode (so it would know your latitude and basic climate), and offer (with the proviso that you need to have decent southern exposure and not have lots of shade from nearby trees and buildings) a factor that you can multiply with the peak wattage rating to get an estimate of annual kWh production to compare against your power bill...Auroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717088139593020249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-2593050656103127612007-01-06T07:44:00.000-07:002007-01-06T07:44:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, the "standard" rating would require...Unfortunately, the "standard" rating would require correction factors for the zone and ambient temperature (for solar) and even each individual site (wind). Not gonna fly.<br /><br />Besides, that's what the curves in the data sheet are for.Engineer-Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420685176098522332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-79251575453574126242007-01-03T14:46:00.000-07:002007-01-03T14:46:00.000-07:00A lot of people are neo-luddites by choice, or oth...A lot of people are neo-luddites by choice, or otherwise. So while you can educate a minority of the population, you can't get to everyone. With not in my back yard opposition, a simple majority is not enough to push through a project.Robert McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-71875753816876931192007-01-02T18:30:00.000-07:002007-01-02T18:30:00.000-07:00It would be far better if people were to learn the...It would be far better if people were to learn the distinction between power and energy, and the relation of the two.Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554029467445000453noreply@blogger.com