Possibilities in Solar Energy
22 Sep, 2008 10:42 am
The champion of all energy sources is the sun. More energy from the sun hits the earth in one hour than all the energy consumed on our planet in an entire year. In a year more energy from the sun hits earth than all the oil, coal, gas and nuclear power ever consumed in the history of mankind. However, the boom in solar panels will not be nearly enough to limit climate impacts from burning fossil fuels. Scientists say that fundamental advances that are more likely to come from government research are what is needed to fix the carbon emission problem. Yet the electric utility industry spends less as a percentage of revenue on research and development than does the dog food industry. If the attitude is that we have to change the biggest business in the world in the next 30 years this needs to change.
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In particular, little interest has been shown in the development of the promising Atmospheric Vortex Engine (AVE) I introduced recently on Scitizen. The potential for this technology is enormous for converting their so-called "waste heat" into useful electric energy. (ref: http://vortexengine.ca)
It would not be a problem for a single, large utility to finance the development of the necessary surface facilities for the AVE technology, the theoretical basis for which has already been well established. It would even be easier for a consortium of the industry to carry out such a program. UTILITY INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES--time to get with the program!!!! If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!!