Alternative Energy Thread!
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go right ahead then man, let Tesla in reverse be your inspiration! 
Here's two things that are not talked about much.....thermal solar energy and kinetic storage.
The first is a technology that is quite well developed...there is a company in Saskachewan that makes full systems that can replace your domestic hot water tank and heat yer house.
Here's a link: http://www.wsetech.com/waterheaters.php?gclid=CNaYmvzi9ZkCFR7yDAod3WHRSQ
The other idea is one that has never really been brought it it's full potential...storing energy by converting it into potential kinetic energy, then reversing the process.
Example:
Use a windmill and a very low speed/high torque transmission to raise a large weight....the weight goes up (albeit very slowly) when ever the wind blows....
When you need energy, drop the weight and use the force of it dropping to run the transmission in reverse. You can use the resulting kinetic energy to turn a driveshaft, a pump, a generator, etc etc.
With this idea you avoid expensive, toxic deep cycle batteries, charge times, battery memory, and energy loss issues.....and you kin leave the weight up for as long as you want (years if needed)....the energy charge is always available...just drop the weight.
The first is a technology that is quite well developed...there is a company in Saskachewan that makes full systems that can replace your domestic hot water tank and heat yer house.
Here's a link: http://www.wsetech.com/waterheaters.php?gclid=CNaYmvzi9ZkCFR7yDAod3WHRSQ
The other idea is one that has never really been brought it it's full potential...storing energy by converting it into potential kinetic energy, then reversing the process.
Example:
Use a windmill and a very low speed/high torque transmission to raise a large weight....the weight goes up (albeit very slowly) when ever the wind blows....
When you need energy, drop the weight and use the force of it dropping to run the transmission in reverse. You can use the resulting kinetic energy to turn a driveshaft, a pump, a generator, etc etc.
With this idea you avoid expensive, toxic deep cycle batteries, charge times, battery memory, and energy loss issues.....and you kin leave the weight up for as long as you want (years if needed)....the energy charge is always available...just drop the weight.
Well, if you design it to do so, sure...!
I have been looking for a mechanical engineer who is willing to work with me in furthering this concept for a long time now.......it has lotsa potential.
i saw this on sunday. i really hope this happens
ZoeFresssh666
Member
does anyone know around how much it costs to install solar panels??
excellent info everyone, thanks for sharing!
Buffalo Brown
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TOTALLY RIGHT ON.
all this global warming bullshit is propaganda anyways. Solar, Wind, are obsolete technology.
if anyones interested.
The Manual of Free Energy Devices by DA Kelly-1991
its a book. I encourage everyone here to READ rather than watch TV and believe that a bunch of puppets, like Obama and Hillary, can save you.
Problem. Reaction. Solution.
Problem- man is killing the earth !
Reaction - oh my god I believe you!
Solution - lets tax the shit out of ourselves !
...and millions rejoice while the rich get richer and the poor get more bills to pay...
I think you missed the point entirely and saw what you wanted to see, although I'm not sure I know what the point is so maybe I am wrong!
MY POINT is solar and wind are perfectly viable, not obsolete by any wild stretch of the imagination. Biodiesel/biofuel/ethanol is perfectly viable too if done right, not sure what you mean by natty but then again you do work for an oil company so that kind of explains your stance right there. But it is big of you to admit it. Nuclear (fission) as it exists now is not "clean", ever heard of hazardous wastes? How do you propose we get around that? Shipping it cross country and storing it deep underground is not a long-term workable solution, and makes it too expensive to be a viable alternative. Nuclear Fusion is much better, but that may be decades off still. We need solutions now.
Coal is not it, what are you kidding me? The dirtiest thing around and a fossil fuel last I checked. That "clean coal" thing is just a smokescreen to ram the dirty stuff down your throats, and even if they could cleanse it of all the particulates and CO2 emissions, it would be as or more expensive than the alternatives. Screw coal and oil!
MY POINT is solar and wind are perfectly viable, not obsolete by any wild stretch of the imagination. Biodiesel/biofuel/ethanol is perfectly viable too if done right, not sure what you mean by natty but then again you do work for an oil company so that kind of explains your stance right there. But it is big of you to admit it. Nuclear (fission) as it exists now is not "clean", ever heard of hazardous wastes? How do you propose we get around that? Shipping it cross country and storing it deep underground is not a long-term workable solution, and makes it too expensive to be a viable alternative. Nuclear Fusion is much better, but that may be decades off still. We need solutions now.
Coal is not it, what are you kidding me? The dirtiest thing around and a fossil fuel last I checked. That "clean coal" thing is just a smokescreen to ram the dirty stuff down your throats, and even if they could cleanse it of all the particulates and CO2 emissions, it would be as or more expensive than the alternatives. Screw coal and oil!
In fact some great new super-efficient solar collectors are coming online in the desert SW. Forget what they are called but they are very efficient.
This is a good article to read. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jun102002/1325.pdf
cool I will check it out, thanks
