The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again!

Posted by $ blarman 11 years, 10 months ago to Government
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I just have to shake my head when I hear things like this. And the government claims it can run healthcare...

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  • Posted by $ blarman 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A couple of things have really been holding solar back: average daily sunlight, efficiency of solar cells, cost of solar cells, etc., but none moreso than the ability to STORE the energy for later use. That may be changing:
    http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/20/mit-...

    The benefits are that this technology would be not only cheap, but made from plants rather than rare-earth metals, meaning that a spill of this stuff isn't going to require a HAZMAT team!
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago
    And that my friends, is why solar power is better than wind power.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The article is about wind power only. Solar power doesn't cause the deaths of birds.
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  • Posted by mminnick 11 years, 10 months ago
    I'm sure this is not the only unintended consequence of going with wind and solar. In fact there was a n ecology group that sued to stop the erection of a solar panel fram in the Mojave desert (Ithink) because the frogs and lizards were being blocked from the sum. this after campaigning for solar in the same spot.
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