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Re: A Funny Thing Happened At The G20 (4.00 / 2)

They got the whole Pacific Ocean at their feet. They have photovoltaic and wind power potential.

What they lack is imagination and a willingness to stop digging themselves ever deeper into a mess.

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by ATinNM on Mon Jun 7th, 2010 at 10:26:59 PM EST
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For desalinization photovoltaic appears a poor way in comparison to just using the thermal energy from the sun.

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by A swedish kind of death on Tue Jun 8th, 2010 at 05:42:08 AM EST
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Re: PN (4.00 / 2)

A solar-thermal or combined solar electirc and solar thermal process might be most efficient. Some interesting work is being done on this on the Arabian Peninsula.

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Jun 8th, 2010 at 01:11:07 PM EST
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