Category — Green

CHEAP SOLAR CELLS may be available soon as quantum dot nanotechnology becomes commercially available.  Solar chips are not much different than computer chips.  As the technology advances Moore’s Law should apply.  Solar cells will improve exponentially as prices for solar cells decrease.

If solar cells were installed on just all south facing roofs the US could supply all the power necessary to run our economy, with some power left over to sell to Mexico and Canada.

It is time to go Green.

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POLY PRODUCTS makes eco friendly lawn and garden furniture.  Good.  I like recycled plastic and woodchip products.  Save trees, save dump, recycle.

SUNPOWER in Silicon Valley leads in solar power technology.  Sunpower’s web site has a request for estimate, and free estimates, for all sizes and applications of solar power panels from milliwatt to megawatt.

The installation cost recovery time for solar panels may be just seven years as the price of electricity rises, and solar electric power decreases.

THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that Silicon Valley may become the nations source of solar power panels, producing more power per panel, with declining prices, following Moore’s Law. I agree. As OPEC oil producers find ways to boost the price of crude oil, and carbon energy becomes more expensive, including ethanol, solar power will become ever more competitive.

At the same time in Silicon Valley new solar technology is making more powerful solar panels at ever decreasing cost. Solar panels are after all silicon computer chips. Consequently, Moore’s Law applies.

It is likely that the output in watts will double, triple, quadruple, logarithmically, while at the same time the price of solar “chips” will rapidly decline by halves repeatedly.

If all homes in the US had solar panel roofs the US would be selling power to Canada.  When it becomes cost competitive, solar power could supply much more than 20% of the USA’s future energy needs.  If Silicon Valley becomes the solar panel capital of the world, the future of the economy of the Bay Area, California, and the nation will be bright.

LEADERSHIP in Energy & Environmental Design is a certification green buildings can obtain.  LEEDs sets standards for both design and energy efficiency in building construction.  As time goes on, expect to hear more about LEEDs.  I would like to hear more about cost effective building materials in this area, as well as recycled wood.