Comments on: Holister on nanotechnology and energy http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Technut News » Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #18 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-466538 Technut News » Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #18 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:17:10 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-466538 [...] Holister on nanotechnology and energy [...] [...] Holister on nanotechnology and energy [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Dombroski http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-173605 Jeremy Dombroski Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:06:44 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-173605 Solar panels in use today for homes store the energy collected by day in a bank of batteries for use at night. With more efficient capture and storage solutions coming out of Nano, fully energy self-sufficient homes will become more of an economic reality for folks. It all boils down to economics, if somebody comes up with a cheap-N-easy alternative to grid-electricity then people will buy it. So long as the solar investment seems more expensive fossil fuels win. Solar panels in use today for homes store the energy collected by day in a bank of batteries for use at night. With more efficient capture and storage solutions coming out of Nano, fully energy self-sufficient homes will become more of an economic reality for folks.

It all boils down to economics, if somebody comes up with a cheap-N-easy alternative to grid-electricity then people will buy it. So long as the solar investment seems more expensive fossil fuels win.

]]> By: Aubrey Veazey http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-166884 Aubrey Veazey Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:17:04 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-166884 It's a shame it has taken us so long to open our eyes and say, lets try this. We need to be harvesting the energy of the sun, wind, and water and eliminate the senseless pollution from burning fossil fuels. Its almost as if the big oil companies feel they only can meet the energy needs of the world. Lets move toward a more efficient bountiful energy source that won't pollute our environment and deplete our natural resources. It’s a shame it has taken us so long to open our eyes and say, lets try this. We need to be harvesting the energy of the sun, wind, and water and eliminate the senseless pollution from burning fossil fuels. Its almost as if the big oil companies feel they only can meet the energy needs of the world. Lets move toward a more efficient bountiful energy source that won’t pollute our environment and deplete our natural resources.

]]> By: daveorbit2 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-164864 daveorbit2 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-164864 Solar energy is most abundent between 10 am and 2 pm. Electrical usage is highest from 4 to 6 pm in the summer. Home electrical loads continue all night. How can solar provide for night time generation. It is at best an auxillary generator. If the solar is used to make H2 then the H2 can be stored. Solar energy is most abundent between 10 am and 2 pm. Electrical usage is highest from 4 to 6 pm in the summer. Home electrical loads continue all night. How can solar provide for night time generation. It is at best an auxillary generator.
If the solar is used to make H2 then the H2 can be stored.

]]> By: Charles H. Tankersley http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-163252 Charles H. Tankersley Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:34:56 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-163252 come to think of it, we could with today's available technology, begin to build our homes with (a few nanotech improved composites) non-poluting materials such as steel (recycled?) and concrete. Cover the roof with (nanotech enhanced) solar cells to provide the power to disassociate water, releasing the oxygen to the atmosphere and enrich the natural gas (fossil fuel) system with the hydrogen. With hybred solid oxide fuel cells fuel cells (fuel cell+heat engine driven generator) delivering electric power at near 80% to 95% efficiency, the home can produce enough energy to supply several neighbors. The cost would be high to start, however, with governments' assistance (some isalready provided), the costs and many of our polution and energy problems will decline. I feel the need is now, not at some point in the future. It has taken mankind a century to produce the problem, but mankind can dedicate the 21st century to reducing the problem if he starts NOW. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chtank/ecoenergy.html come to think of it, we could with today’s available technology, begin to build our homes with (a few nanotech improved composites) non-poluting materials such as steel (recycled?) and concrete. Cover the roof with (nanotech enhanced) solar cells to provide the power to disassociate water, releasing the oxygen to the atmosphere and enrich the natural gas (fossil fuel) system with the hydrogen. With hybred solid oxide fuel cells fuel cells (fuel cell+heat engine driven generator) delivering electric power at near 80% to 95% efficiency, the home can produce enough energy to supply several neighbors. The cost would be high to start, however, with governments’ assistance (some isalready provided), the costs and many of our polution and energy problems will decline. I feel the need is now, not at some point in the future. It has taken mankind a century to produce the problem, but mankind can dedicate the 21st century to reducing the problem if he starts NOW. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chtank/ecoenergy.html

]]> By: hannabeprakash srikanth http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-161628 hannabeprakash srikanth Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:29:06 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-161628 i too agree that harnessing the plenty could potentially give a jumpstart to the availability if resouses when its just the right time having dwindled all the fossil fuels i too agree that harnessing the plenty could potentially give a jumpstart to the availability if resouses when its just the right time having dwindled all the fossil fuels

]]> By: Leroy Falconer http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-160221 Leroy Falconer Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:40:28 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2437#comment-160221 i agree with this %100, while the energy is given freely it is the cost of harnesting this energy and using it to specific need is the prob. so no doubt if it could become a cheaper and more redily source of energy( in all means, house hold electrical and so on) then no doubt you would have a revolution i agree with this %100, while the energy is given freely it is the cost of harnesting this energy and using it to specific need is the prob.
so no doubt if it could become a cheaper and more redily source of energy( in all means, house hold electrical and so on) then no doubt you would have a revolution

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