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philosopherBoi
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17 Sep 2008, 7:44 am

Someone has found a way to get nine times more energy out of solar cells. Watch the vid at this link

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5813773


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17 Sep 2008, 7:47 am

8)

i`m also waiting in excitement for the next generation
led-lights, those things are really something - 20,000
lumen out of 5 watts :D you can light up your whole
house and pull only 100-200 watts



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17 Sep 2008, 9:02 am

oh, just for the Pacific Northwest... :roll:



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18 Sep 2008, 12:18 pm

I am designing my next house to run on solar power.


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19 Sep 2008, 1:20 am

Because they use silicone, which has a peak infrared, most of the light itting them is not used.



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19 Sep 2008, 1:31 am

it runs on electrolytes!


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19 Sep 2008, 3:08 am

I'm having trouble convincing my mother to switch us to solar hot water, let alone convincing her to turn our whole house green. :?



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19 Sep 2008, 3:16 pm

Wow i guess there is hope!! !


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