Alex Long's Blog (6)

Thin-Film Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaics

I saw a documentary on a new solar PV technology within the past year or two. It was interesting in that it still produced electricity (although in reduced amounts) when the sky is cloudy. I'm not 100% sure of it, but I think this is the technology. Stanford Ovshinsky is the inventor, and the name seems familiar (from the documentary). Amorphous Silicon vs. Crystalline Silicon = "The amorphous silicon created at the plant is more efficient at absorbing light than crystalline silicon so the… Continue

Added by Alex Long on August 10, 2008 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Brother, can you spare 22 terawatts?

I just ran across a good article on ReasonOnline by Ronald Bailey "Brother, can you spare 22 terawatts?" - with great "big picture" figures from Daniel Nocera, a professor at MIT. He looks at current figures, and extrapolates them out to the year 2050 with a global population base of 9 billion. He also compares world energy consumption at three levels: 1] U.S. levels; 2] Western European levels; and 3] Indian subcontinent… Continue

Added by Alex Long on August 2, 2008 at 2:42am — No Comments

Magical Thinking :: Tending Towards Zero :: Zero Heroes

This is a blog post from my personal blog on the outside....AlexTangoFuego.blogpsot.com Thanks to LimerickTango for this link... Some actual hard numbers on saving energy to digest...short and sweet... http://… Continue

Added by Alex Long on July 31, 2008 at 5:39am — No Comments

Resources

EIA :: Energy Information Agency :: Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/figes1.html U.S. Departme… Continue

Added by Alex Long on July 8, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Okay, I gotta get my head around this...

This appears to be a useful resource :: EIA :: Energy Information Administration :: Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government :: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/ep… Continue

Added by Alex Long on July 8, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Okay, what next?

We need a supreme leader on the ground. We need Generals, Colonels, Captains, etc. We need a plan of attack. This is going to be like a 50,000 employee company where nobody knows what to do....? T. Boone said it himself...no more talk...action....we need an action plan... Continue

Added by Alex Long on July 8, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments