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« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2007, 08:45:15 AM » |
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Nice links T. I specially like that first one...
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« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2007, 08:56:53 AM » |
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That one is quite a long ways off. Good idea though. Monolithically integrated. That's where it is at today. Like you said solar has been around. The old fashioned heavy on glass cells can be about 25% efficient. We are currently looking for 14% cells. We'll get there, just a matter of time.
That does sound like an interesting job Biker. I just read an article the other day about how rhodium prices have gone through the roof the last couple of years due to demand from thin film technologies and very limited supply. I think a big trick will be to mass produce PVs without using any rare earth elements that are in short supply. |
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« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2007, 08:58:11 AM » |
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Our particular process doesn't use rhodium. Indium, yes...
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« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2007, 09:31:58 AM » |
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I think indium is in the same boat. :'(
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« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2007, 09:40:27 AM » |
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Well, right now it is the most expensive material in our product.
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« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2007, 09:48:09 AM » |
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Thanks for the links high plains drifter. 6 miles is an exaggeration. Especially compared to 1000 feet.  The one I was learning about was (I think) under the great salt lakes. The biggest concern like with Yucca mountain is water contamination and supposdly the salt has some property to help with it. (Which is why I think they still do weapon testing there) I wish I remember what the series was on the discovery science channel cuz I can't seem to find anthing online. |
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« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2007, 09:50:04 AM » |
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BTW BD, congrats on your baseball team the other night. I wish them well.
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« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2007, 10:07:57 AM » |
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Thanks for the links high plains drifter. 6 miles is an exaggeration. Especially compared to 1000 feet. The one I was learning about was (I think) under the great salt lakes. The biggest concern like with Yucca mountain is water contamination and supposdly the salt has some property to help with it. (Which is why I think they still do weapon testing there) I wish I remember what the series was on the discovery science channel cuz I can't seem to find anthing online. I remember hearing about other plans for putting nuclear waste in salt domes (in Texas IIRC) Salt domes are very geologically stable. I can't remember why Yucca Moutain was chosen over them (corrosion problems?). You can call me H, Hi, HPD or T. High Plains Drifer is way to long to type (so was Terrapin for that matter). Besides it is too formal; it sounds like my father.  |
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« Reply #38 on: October 03, 2007, 10:09:24 AM » |
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Thanks for the links high plains drifter. 6 miles is an exaggeration. Especially compared to 1000 feet. The one I was learning about was (I think) under the great salt lakes. The biggest concern like with Yucca mountain is water contamination and supposdly the salt has some property to help with it. (Which is why I think they still do weapon testing there) I wish I remember what the series was on the discovery science channel cuz I can't seem to find anthing online. I remember hearing about other plans for putting nuclear waste in salt domes (in Texas IIRC) Salt domes are very geologically stable. I can't remember why Yucca Moutain was chosen over them (corrosion problems?). You can call me H, Hi, HPD or T. High Plains Drifer is way to long to type (so was Terrapin for that matter). Besides it is too formal; it sounds like my father. Will do.  |
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« Reply #39 on: October 07, 2007, 02:45:57 AM » |
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I'd like to see the economics, including a carbon balance diagram, of a nuclear train system. One central nuclear plant could conceivably provide electricity to power hundreds of engines on thousands of miles of track. Most train engines today are diesel/electric. The big diesels generate electricity for the drive engines, which power the wheels and removes the need for a transmission in a locomotive. The high voltage needed to supply amperage over long distances could be supplied to the engine via the rail or in other ways to keep it safe. Rail transport could be a lot more flexible without the constraints of fuel costs per ton/mile. Smaller trains could run jut as efficiently under the same economies of scale as large ones while providing JIT delivery to manufacturers. Five to eight nukalar plants could take 40-50,000 trucks off the road, making things safer and reducing carbon emissions in a future world where carbon emissions will be taxed. Just Sayin... |
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« Reply #40 on: October 07, 2007, 08:39:31 AM » |
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I'd like to see the economics, including a carbon balance diagram, of a nuclear train system. One central nuclear plant could conceivably provide electricity to power hundreds of engines on thousands of miles of track. Most train engines today are diesel/electric. The big diesels generate electricity for the drive engines, which power the wheels and removes the need for a transmission in a locomotive. The high voltage needed to supply amperage over long distances could be supplied to the engine via the rail or in other ways to keep it safe. Rail transport could be a lot more flexible without the constraints of fuel costs per ton/mile. Smaller trains could run jut as efficiently under the same economies of scale as large ones while providing JIT delivery to manufacturers. Five to eight nukalar plants could take 40-50,000 trucks off the road, making things safer and reducing carbon emissions in a future world where carbon emissions will be taxed. Just Sayin... That's an interesting idea. |
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« Reply #41 on: October 07, 2007, 08:54:28 PM » |
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I'll wear down you're o-zone (no homo)
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