tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922227.post1200605186584126121..comments2008-03-20T14:22:53.973-06:00Comments on Cosmic Watercooler: The Lawsbeajerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721586072565803661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922227.post-3058869391775832692008-03-20T14:22:00.000-06:002008-03-20T14:22:00.000-06:00How do these laws apply to solar power? Since the ...How do these laws apply to solar power? Since the sun contributes most of the energy required for solar power, aren't we earthlings, in a sense, getting more out of it than we put in? Can't one environment (earth) gain "free" energy at the expense of another (in this case, the sun)?<BR/><BR/>And it seems that if hyrdogen is doomed to fail, solar is primed to break through. Arizona, for example, has just announced the construction of the world's largest solar power plant, expected to power some 70,000 homes a year.ghostmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928783699577261107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922227.post-25315353876974450572008-03-19T20:41:00.000-06:002008-03-19T20:41:00.000-06:00Presently we do not seem to have the ability get t...Presently we do not seem to have the ability get to a "hydrogen economy."<BR/><BR/>I personally think we are more likely to face what Kunstler calls "the long emergency." We should have taken President Carter's advice a generation ago.shrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com