Category Archives: No More Naked Roofs
In Focus: Solar Art
In the current issue of Artforum there is an article entitled, “Material Differences: Nikoloz Japardize On Georgian Architecture” and by Georgian they mean Eastern European Georgia and not dudes sodomizing other dudes while making them squeal like a pig Deliverance Georgia if you know what I mean. Since nothing exists in a vacuum the article delves [...]
George W. Bush Goes Solar
I always thought George W. Bush got a bum rap by people who said he didn’t care about the environment. Actions speak louder than words and when you take into account the geothermal system he installed on his ranch in Crawford before he became President and the solar energy systems he just installed on his new [...]
150K Solar Street Lights Planned in Mecca
The scale of this solar street lighting project in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca is truly breathtaking. However, what is even more breathtaking is the conclusions can one draw about the value proposition of solar in a place where oil generated electricity comes in at a mind numbingly low 0.006 per kilowatt hour. [...]
Dear SolarWorld CEO Frank Asbeck:
Dear Mr. Asbeck, I just saw this story on Reuters that sums up how dire your situation is: Debt-laden SolarWorld said it was in “constructive” talks with creditors on a restructuring plan after delaying the date for its annual press conference. An announcement will be made when a debt plan for Germany’s largest solar group has [...]
Using Solar Energy To Save The Lives Of Soccer Players
In 2003 Cameroonian soccer star Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed on the field and died due to a heat related cardiac event during a World Cup match (see video below). In the summer of 2022 Qatar will host the World Cup. As one can imagine it gets rather hot in Qatar during the summer and there are some very [...]
The Solar Powered iPhone: Coming Soon?
Forbes just posted an article about a patent Apple was granted yesterday that paves the way for a solar powered iPhone in which the solar cells will also double as touch screen sensors: Most of us have used or at least seen solar power calculators. Why not use solar power to augment the battery in [...]
WOWZERS: China Just Raised Its Solar Power Goal By 67%
I make a lot of jokes on this blog but the hazardous levels of air pollution that the Chinese people are currently having to contend with is certainly no laughing matter. I can’t imagine what it is like for Chinese parents who have to explain to their children why it isn’t safe for them to [...]
My Open Letter To Solar Mosaic
Dear Solar Mosaic, Congratulations on the official introduction of your innovative way to allow individuals to invest in rooftop solar projects for as little as $25 and receive a yield in the process that not only exceeds the current yield on the benchmark 10 year US Treasury by over a couple hundred basis points but [...]
Japan: The Land Of The Rising Sun?
So it seems like Japan is going to try and accomplish what former Prime Minister Koreyiko Takahasi was unable to achieve back in the 1930′s with his Keynesian experiment. Regardless of how current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts at reflation play out I do hope that he doesn’t meet the same fate as Mr. Takahasi who was [...]