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Recovery[dot]Gov is a mess, so I wrote my Congressman... 09.11.17
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 2:30pm —
Congressman Himes (CT-04) is working on Wind
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:48am — 1 Comment
OT: Healthcare. Posted to Congressman Jim Himes board 09.08.21 14:10
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 11:11am —
T. Boone Pickens cited in "Power Magazine" - a professional journal of the industry
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 6:06am —
Power Engineering Aug 2009 article -- Pickens Plan Stirs the Debate by Steve Blankenship
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 9:25am —
I hope you'll take a look at Solar & Thermal Systems -- Please visit the website!
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- President Solar & Thermal Systems, Inc.
I began tinkering >30 years ago. I've studied, worked, and taught, 'the sciences', and 'applied technologies'.
My wife and I raised two well adjusted children who will be entering college in the fall. Anyone who is a parent knows that requires a lot of 'alternative energy', the rest of you can't even imagine. Hmmm, (credit where credit is due) maybe she should be posting this...
- What excites you about this campaign?
- Finally! Mr. Pickens is someone with the clout to get folks to stand up and take notice. The Solar Power group is the 3rd most popular and growing rapidly. I'm pleased because it shows great independent initiative, and I feel it complements the wind aspect of the main plan effort.
The Branson/Clinton initiative (2006) fell off the map as soon as it was announced. Hopefully this project will fare better. In less than 2 weeks it has! It's been 2+ months since I joined and the Plan has grown to ~163K members, more than double!
- What do you want to do to help?
- I'm working to take the leading role in the furtherance and promotion of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) as a national priority. I need help!
Wind is problematic in my area, but solar is ubiquitous. I believe we need a multi-disciplined approach to make significant impact.
I want to make Connecticut a focal point for the solar industry, and alternative energy as well.
Latest Activity
My business partner has contacted Congressman Larson's office. I really hope to attend (medically permitting)...
BTW, Why hasn't Jim Himes status been updated to "signed"?
It's amazing that China is dumping panels at
Hey Bill,
Where is American investment??? That's the trillion dollar question! Uncle Sam has so polluted the playing field that no one with private $$$ is looking for anything right now. It really is a "why bother" phenomenon. The investemt communi…
And now that the government owns GM I wonder if it will be able to produce cars that actually move?
The Free Market is like Mother Nature, it is efficient in that only the fittest survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. Sometimes th…
Comment Wall (193 comments)
- At 2:53pm on December 19, 2009,
Jeffrey Michael Paganini said… - Hey Paul like your post,right down,
please visit my page for some reads, if you agree please extend a friendship from your side K
- At 10:54am on October 4, 2009,
Paul Bravell said… - How about a Sterling/Diesel Hybrid with inductive cylinder cooling which provides AC/DC power and HVAC !
- At 5:54pm on August 16, 2009,
Lou De Frog said… - The heads of four Nigerian banks were fired to-day.
- At 8:16pm on July 11, 2009,
Dapo said…
- I did not understand what you think and said.
- At 2:06pm on July 11, 2009,
Anachronism said… - The question in building as to how to both heat and cool automatically was accomplished in 1987 in Vancouver Washington. I used the attic space for 98% of the heating needs by having vents at the top of the trusses lower cord, which allowed air to enter the attic space. The fire code required a "smoke wall" to separate the first 74' into two separate chambers with a automatic fire damper closer with a fusible link that would close the damper in case of an attic fire to create separate attic spaces.
The air came into the attic space and to go from the first chamber it was forced to rise to the lower inside roof surface which then grabbed the heat from the surface and rose up along the second chamber and was then "Sucked" into the "Intake" of the gas furnace which was located 6' above the attic floor and blown into the inter of the building. This system was duplicated on the other side of the required 8" thick firewall to heat the other 74' of this building. NOW how do you cool this same project WITHOUT a separate and costly heat pump or some other complex mechanical monster? This building contained 219,240 cubic feet of space.
The space inside this building is the same as "15 homes of 1800 sq. feet" to both heat and cool. For the last 20 years it has only cost $2.00 per day for natural gas to heat this project. The cost to operate the furnace squirrel cage fan is the amount it takes to operate a 1/3 HP fan system. How can you TOTALLY COOL this structure to 68 degrees using the ATTIC SOLAR COLLECTION space and with "NO" intervention or work by the owner or the managers AND no system to produce the "COOLING" required to maintain the specific differential in temperatures? I built a separate control system, which determines the outside air space; the air outside the building shell must be 65 degrees at a position 26 feet above the ground.
This building is 28’ tall at the peak of the 8” thick firewall separating the building into two elements. ALL the cooling air is free for “SUCKING” from outside by the use of 4’ round opening in the roof 4’ form the fire separation wall. Hot air rises, or does it "DROP"? I simply opened the roof vents and the “HOT” air rushes out and it creates an automatic “Suction” at the lower vents at the ceiling line where air is allowed to enter the attic space.
The hot air rising cause a “Suction” in the attic space to completely fill with “Nice cool night air” and when the sensors decide the “NEW” attic air is now suitable for the cooling needs, the roof vents automatically close and the “Suction” fans located inside the interior furnace units turn on and simply suck in this “FREE” cooled air.
There is no cost to cool the building beyond the cost of running two 1/8-hp. Squirrel cage fans. When the interior space has reached the required temperature, either cool or heated, everything simply shuts down, the roof vents close and waits for instructions with no human intervention.
The system is completely automatic and the required interior temperature on the lower floor sets the conditions for the complete building. In other words when the temperature is set to 68 or 70 for the inside of the building, the system automatically adds heat if needed or waits for conditions to occur for cooling the inside.
The system described will WORK in any building or HOME with a typical truss roof system. Sincerely arclockventuri@gmail.com
- At 5:58pm on July 9, 2009,
Lou De Frog said…
- Hi Paul
Do we have funding for the factory yet?
- At 12:35pm on June 26, 2009,
Paul said… - Dear Congressman Himes,
I urge you to oppose HR-2454 the Cap & Trade bill. It will impose another punitive tax on the American economy.
Should the bill pass I urge you to support the clauses that will help by company Solar & Thermal Systems Inc. to be on the cutting edge of renewable Energy Credits.
It is my intention that the legislation fail even thought my own self interest might be better served by its adoption.
Please do the right thing.
Respectfully,
Paul Passarelli, President
Solar & Thermal Systems, Inc.
Norwalk CT 05851
203 846 2500
- At 10:45am on May 14, 2009,
Warren Reynolds said… - Paul: The NY Times recently stated that PV cell selling price dropped from $3.50/watt to $2/watt due to the economic depression. You are right about First Soar's CIGS and its efficiency First Solar's production cost of $0.98/watt is not their selling price. ICT's silicon PV cell cost is $0.69/watt with an expected selling price of $1.60/watt that is 20% less than the
"depressed" selling price.
Warren
- At 7:27am on May 14, 2009,
Warren Reynolds said…
- Paul: ICT Corp. just developed a new innovative silicon solar cell that is the world's lowest cost cell. After production starts, it will sell for $1.60/watt which is 20% lower than the current lowest price in this depressed economy.
w.d.reynolds
- At 5:11am on April 15, 2009,
Paul said…
- That's the 2nd blank friend invite... My friends page comes up, but there is no link to accept or ignore... Ning problem perhaps?
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