 The power of the sun, on the tip of your pencil |
| The power of the sun, on the tip of your pencil |
 Feb 26 2008, 09:52 AM
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Saw this thing on HistoryHD last night. Pretty insane. They said that in the billionth of a second that they create a fusion reaction, during that time, they are producing 1000x more power than the entire earth is using in that same time frame. This is the future people.
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Feb 26 2008, 05:26 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Lance, you are assuming that human are rational actors. The truth is power companies have too much to lose if everyone decided to go off the grid. So they will do everything in their power to stop and discourage a move to private household power production and use. Plus it is a lot more convenient to pay $150 a month for electricity than to buy, install, and maintain solar panels. I actually see a middle ground in that power companies may use households to generate power and rent out the solar panels. That is the true future of power generating.
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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impala454 The power of the sun, on the tip of your pencil Feb 26 2008, 09:52 AM
Hartmann Interesting. I briefly looked through it but didn... Feb 26 2008, 09:59 AM impala454 this tells about it:
https://lasers.llnl.gov/progr... Feb 26 2008, 11:03 AM pebkac That's pretty cool. Feb 26 2008, 11:03 AM Watchman A power plant could use this to generate energy an... Feb 26 2008, 11:28 AM
rabble QUOTE (Watchman @ Feb 26 2008, 11:28 AM) ... Feb 26 2008, 11:39 AM Watchman QUOTE (rabble @ Feb 26 2008, 11:39 AM) Th... Feb 26 2008, 01:28 PM rabble QUOTE (Watchman @ Feb 26 2008, 01:28 PM) ... Feb 26 2008, 08:09 PM impala454 That would be cool too. As soon as they have sola... Feb 26 2008, 11:37 AM Watchman QUOTE (impala454 @ Feb 26 2008, 11:37 AM)... Feb 26 2008, 01:27 PM FORSAKENR320 IN THE FUTURE WE WILL BE DAMN GREATFUL WE HAVE 4 W... Feb 26 2008, 01:21 PM Spectatrix Screw all that, we just need to harness the power ... Feb 26 2008, 02:47 PM Divergent Reality QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Feb 26 2008, 02:47 PM... Feb 26 2008, 04:27 PM Watchman Haha, how could I have never heard of those before... Feb 26 2008, 04:28 PM Spectatrix QUOTE (Watchman @ Feb 26 2008, 04:28 PM) ... Feb 26 2008, 04:47 PM impala454 I love this comment on the vid:
QUOTE shrimp's... Feb 26 2008, 04:46 PM Psykopath Someday...I will own a mountain home.
-Solar panel... Feb 26 2008, 05:49 PM chook Well, what are we going to do at night? The coulo... Feb 27 2008, 12:59 AM Jessica I'm posting in this thread so I feel smart Feb 27 2008, 08:04 AM |
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