Cool!:cool:

Must be interesting being hoisted onto a pier like that! Here, we have shallow lakes, but usually the water deepens quick enough to launch boats..

I'll try and drum up an image somewhere..

That'd be cool!:cool:

 

 

But I'm almost leaving so I might take a look 2morrow!:)

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Solar karaoke? :sunny:

 

Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in. Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in...

 

Just because it was such a beautiful sunny day and I had a cup of tea on the balcony for the first time this year :)

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Hey both the pic and video are great Chuck!!!:D

 

 

this is Coatepeque Lake, it's about 1 hour away from my home :)

 

Oh wow! That really is picturesque!!! :)

Still, I must keep my nose to the grindstone here..:builder2: (too much scenery - it's just so tempting to wander off!:escaping:)

Silicon - Purity can be less than chip-grade, which could lower costs in time. I like the panels that are being used as shades over porticoes. (time to drum up (or sand down) a picture...)

Yeah I'd like to see a picture!:)

Transparent Solar - makes cool roofing for porches, porticoes, awnings, etc.:cool:lumiwall2.jpg (JPEG Image, 390x397 pixels)

 

 

Hey the look pretty "GO Green!" am I right?:thinking:

Yeah, they're pretty & pretty cool, me thinks as well.. Somewhere there's an awning/portico made using transparent solar cells.. Home Power had it as a cover too - if I can get the image...

That'd be great!

 

 

Let's all GO GREEN!:D

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Namaste Solar Electric - Photo Gallery - Commercial Awning Systems

A couple of places with awnings & shades..

Gosh, there was a really good one somewhere - I'll look again..

I've seen them, they look fantastic!!.... shame we can't post those pics on here :\

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IX Energy - BIPV Integrating Solar

it looks pretty cool!:)

And there's more good news - the price of silicon is dropping, which means the panels will be more affordable!! YAY!:)Free Silicon Price Charts

So are you planning to get one of those? If so let me know!:)

Someday, YES! Today, I just want to get the garden in.:) They're great for places where that design works, but I think for my situation, I would be better off getting ordinary panels, and installing them on the edge of the field (not enough sun hits the house). Do you plan on putting any up, Carla??

There are more stars in the universe than sand covering all the world's beaches, and the ultimate source of all this sand is the supernovae condensed matter that formed the Earth and the other planets.. So in a roundabout way, silicon is a product of nuclear fusion, and the sun is a reactor.. But an interesting thought - silicon solar cells are very responsive in the infra-red. Would they work well as a direct method of converting heat into electricity?

Among silicon's other uses is for steel alloys - sold as ferro-silicon, and useful for making tougher metal, and rust-resistant alloys.

Ah my very own elemental spam thread!! YAY!:)

Silicon is the predominant element in most glasses, so we see the world looking through silicon, is a manner of thinking. If the yanomami will be listened to, it's still possible to make the changes, and keep the living systems in tact, for everyone's sake.