http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050 Just another TheSietch.org weblog Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:29:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aah. Sweet science fiction. You need some more wattage, maybe you bought a new laptop, or a new fan, or just want to further brutalize the last dregs of the Utility-Class power providers by running your meter back another KW/hr a week. Y'know... just for fun. well science fiction ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/07/20/heh-go-print-me-another-solar-panel/ Welcome to TheSietch.org. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/07/20/hello-world/ So, one day soon stay tuned for a very long, very in-depth, very detailed, very drooling discussion of Tesla Motors. I'll be covering *glowingly, their backing (ahem: PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, &... Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page et. al.) ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/07/19/google-boys-it-again-from-tesla-motors-to-powering-the-world-with-cheap-solar/ Ok, so....   Im going to be focused on  digging down through these.  One quick comment...   I CALLED IT!  Real quick self-congratulatory indulgence.  i have a feeling after taking a look at the sterling engine design, and the parabolic dish, just in-expertly puring over the technology, production cost, etc... ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/07/18/top-100-energy-technologies/ Strap a Sterling Engine to a collector dish and you get: "The Stirling engine makes solar power so much more efficiently than photovoltaic solar cells can," said Robert Liden, chief administrative officer at Stirling Energy Systems Inc. (Phoenix). "That's because the Stirling solar dish directly converts solar heat into mechanical ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/07/17/know-any-place-thats-sunny-and-hot/ Supreme Court Ruling FOR a Mass. vs. The Crooney stacked EPA EPA’s steadfast refusal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions presents a risk of harm to Massachusetts that is both“actual” and “imminent,” http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/06/11/roe-v-wade-for-the-environment/ I need to find avenues into the political/regulation structuresPeak Oil Blog Post"'Any reasonable form of cost for carbon dioxide would immediately make a whole suite of alternative generating technologies competitive to our very cost-effective fossil fuels,' the Government's adviser on the nuclear industry, Ziggy Switkowski, said in an interview this ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/06/10/carbon-cost-instant-price-relevancy-for-alttechs/ It's all going to be about real-world economics.Alt. energy price comes down by leaps and bounds, demand goes through the roof.The real crux point will come as production costs and efficencies for these actually out-strip the cost-effectiveness of coal, while demand stays high because of increasing costs of getting power ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/06/10/like-i-was-saying/ What better way to start a mastermind conversation about why its going to be all about getting rich AND saving the planet, then a recent post from Business 2.0 laying it for me.This is the way of the future. And its not your hippie-minded, all talk no solution, wailing-wall ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/power2050/2007/06/10/ths-inaugural-post/