Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu « The Gondola Project

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2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

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A quick look at some of the things that make solar energy work (or not):

Solar energy is for everyone! And apparently affordable too. Image by Flickr user Edwinek.

LX

May 2, 2011 – 5:20 am

according to: "within 6 hours deserts receive more energy from the sun than humankind consumes within a year" http://www.desertec.org/
NickChu

May 2, 2011 – 8:09 am

That's quite interesting. Having most of the energy lie in the Sahara makes it difficult to harness... but I guess it's no different from ravaging the Middle East for oil.
LX

May 2, 2011 – 5:10 pm

You could say that. I see it even easier to handle though. Cover a place where no one would like to live with solar collectors. Use a machine to clean them or have some people to clean them (pay them well). There you go. I was having a nice chat about future with a clever and pleasant person during my time in the UAE, and that person predicted soon it will be all about exchange. I mean: in our latitude (Europe in my case) we got plenty of everything, except for oil and fruits growing in hot climate. What people in the deserts have and always will have is a huge amount of energy (oil, sun) and space. There are areas in between which are good for growing food, others for fishing and so on. In an ideal world in time of globalization we ... ... theoretically ;)
NickChu

May 3, 2011 – 7:10 pm

I can definitely see that happening sometime in the near future. Especially with the price of solar panels decreasing every year, solar energy will undoubtedly become more ubiquitous as more homeowners are able to afford it. I'm looking into installing one in my home!