The Experiment

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  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Jeanie wrote:
    :D LMAO!!! Mother Teresa??? hahahahahahahahahaha!!


    See, even you can't keep a straight face on that one!
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    polaris wrote:
    i didn't base my opinion on his "experiment" ... it's based on a reflection on the lifestyle we live here in north america ... it is unsustainable for the planet ... i know some of you on a personal level and many of course no - but i'm willing to bet that you aren't doing enough because even our champions of the environmental movement realize they aren't doing enough ...


    I know there's heaps more I could be doing. I do what I can but I'd be the first to admit that I could do more. We've got this great show here at the moment called Carbon Cops and it really makes you examine how you live and how you can improve your efforts around the home.

    http://abc.net.au/tv/carboncops/
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    NMyTree wrote:
    See, even you can't keep a straight face on that one!

    Well it's bloody funny! :D
    NOPE!!!

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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Good Lord, give it a rest! Fucking bickering like you're 5! Go punch a pillow or meet out back behind the library and beat the shit out of each other and get it over with! lol
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    PJPOWER wrote:
    I have a question............................How much energy is used in producing these solar cells and windmills and what is the source of that energy? What are the biproducts of creating these technologies on a mass scale? And no, I'm not trying to be an ass, I honestly just want to know.

    I'd like to know the answer to this one too. It's a good question.
    NOPE!!!

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    i have no idea what all you lot are going on about in this thread... but lets get back to the most important information in this thread so far... yep, Scottish island of Tiree has 300 days of sunshine per year.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    i have no idea what all you lot are going on about in this thread... but lets get back to the most important information in this thread so far... yep, Scottish island of Tiree has 300 days of sunshine per year.

    What's the average daily temp dunk? Just curious. :)

    But with 300 days of sunshine per year do they already have a lot of solar energy?
    NOPE!!!

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeanie wrote:
    What's the average daily temp dunk? Just curious. :)

    But with 300 days of sunshine per year do they already have a lot of solar energy?


    fuck knows? solar power doesnt need the actual heat though does it?

    Scotland is going down a wind-farm route.. this one called Robin Rigg is being built just near me
    http://www.naturalpower.com/html/proj_rr.htm

    loads of fuckin wind here in Scotland... i blame beans
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    onelongsong wrote:
    this board; and a few others; were part of an experiment to see how much people cared about global warming; alternative energy; and the future of mankind.
    i started a thread about solar energy and i was chosen because i've used solar energy for over 30 years; becoming 100% solar early 2006.
    an intelligent person would assume that people would have questions about solar energy and it's use; and how they could impliment solar energy into their current lives. especially from someone with so much experience in the field. that happened on one board. this board had the least responses showing that people here don't care about their fellow man. they have no concern for future generations and IMO; will continue to rape the earth until it has no more to give. people here are all talk but have no desire to learn alternatives to our wasteful lifestyles.
    i'm one of 20 people gathering data and the results should be published next month.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=253025

    hey chief... if this is the thread or "experiment" lol, you are talking about. let me point out a few obvious things to you.

    1. you posted it the day of the VIC show, and the night before Lollapalooza started. nobody was fucking here to read it. it was the biggest PJ event in the US this summer, and it was bascilly 4 days long. we travel my friend :)

    2. that thread sucked. go ahead and read it. no wonder no one responded. you didnt really add any information to talk about. you basicly were like "your all stupid and use oil".

    3. i would love to see the results :rolleyes:
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    dunkman wrote:
    fuck knows? solar power doesnt need the actual heat though does it?
    Nah, I was only asking that coz 300 days of sunshine per year sounded like a nice place to be. But then I remembered how I used to have balls before I went to Scotland and the weather froze em clean off! ;) So I was just wonderin.
    dunkman wrote:
    Scotland is going down a wind-farm route.. this one called Robin Rigg is being built just near me
    http://www.naturalpower.com/html/proj_rr.htm

    We've got a lot of wind farms here too. They seem like a good idea. Although there's a lot of folk don't want them along our coast line. I like them but I'm still not sure about having them where they are putting them.
    dunkman wrote:
    loads of fuckin wind here in Scotland... i blame beans
    Sure it's just the beans dunk? hehe! :D
    NOPE!!!

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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    Jeanie wrote:
    I know there's heaps more I could be doing. I do what I can but I'd be the first to admit that I could do more. We've got this great show here at the moment called Carbon Cops and it really makes you examine how you live and how you can improve your efforts around the home.

    http://abc.net.au/tv/carboncops/

    small little changes can make the biggest difference for sure ... i would say the best thing you can do is vote howard out of office!
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    polaris wrote:
    small little changes can make the biggest difference for sure ... i would say the best thing you can do is vote howard out of office!

    :D Believe me, I never voted him in!
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    69charger wrote:
    Not all rockets burn solid fuel and the SRBs of the Space Shuttle use a composite fuel made of Ammonium Perchlorate, Aluminum Powder, Iron Oxide, and a rubber binding agent. The Shuttle's three main engines (liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen) are ignited seven seconds before the solid rocket boosters are ignited. The Shuttle is powered by the three main engines and the SRBs for the first two minutes of ascent. The boosters burn out and are jettisoned and the Shuttle continues for the next 6.5 minutes powered only by the three main engines.
    ...
    But, how much is that boost is based on Solar Power?
    That was the main gist.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    my2hands wrote:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=253025

    hey chief... if this is the thread or "experiment" lol, you are talking about. let me point out a few obvious things to you.

    1. you posted it the day of the VIC show, and the night before Lollapalooza started. nobody was fucking here to read it. it was the biggest PJ event in the US this summer, and it was bascilly 4 days long. we travel my friend :)

    2. that thread sucked. go ahead and read it. no wonder no one responded. you didnt really add any information to talk about. you basicly were like "your all stupid and use oil".

    3. i would love to see the results :rolleyes:

    He's gone. He had cancer or something, and is probably on his death bed right now.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    gue_barium wrote:
    He's gone. He had cancer or something, and is probably on his death bed right now.


    what? i wouldnt really joke about that dude, not too funny
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    PJPOWER wrote:
    I have a question............................How much energy is used in producing these solar cells and windmills and what is the source of that energy? What are the biproducts of creating these technologies on a mass scale? And no, I'm not trying to be an ass, I honestly just want to know.
    ...
    I would also like to know beyond the startup costs... what are the maintanance costs per year? What is the reliability? How often are repairs required... and at what costs?
    ...
    Plus, do you have to get up on the roof and clean the panels? How often? And what about in regions that recieve snow? Do you have to shovel the snow off of the panels in order for them to work?
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    I would also like to know beyond the startup costs... what are the maintanance costs per year? What is the reliability? How often are repairs required... and at what costs?
    ...
    Plus, do you have to get up on the roof and clean the panels? How often? And what about in regions that recieve snow? Do you have to shovel the snow off of the panels in order for them to work?
    I would hope and prey that my insurance would cover a hail storm to the $50000 solar panels as well!
  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    onelongsong wrote:
    this board; and a few others; were part of an experiment to see how much people cared about global warming; alternative energy; and the future of mankind.
    i started a thread about solar energy and i was chosen because i've used solar energy for over 30 years; becoming 100% solar early 2006.
    an intelligent person would assume that people would have questions about solar energy and it's use; and how they could impliment solar energy into their current lives. especially from someone with so much experience in the field. that happened on one board. this board had the least responses showing that people here don't care about their fellow man. they have no concern for future generations and IMO; will continue to rape the earth until it has no more to give. people here are all talk but have no desire to learn alternatives to our wasteful lifestyles.
    i'm one of 20 people gathering data and the results should be published next month.

    How can I go solar?
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    PJPOWER wrote:
    I would hope and prey that my insurance would cover a hail storm to the $50000 solar panels as well!
    ...
    Yeah... and how much does the entire set up weigh? Will it require any additional reenforcement of the structure? Will the installation be intrusive to the roofing material and base layer (that may result in leaks)? Will it install over ceramic/tile roofing material?
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    my2hands wrote:
    what? i wouldnt really joke about that dude, not too funny

    its true. he said somewhere near the beginning of this thread that he doesnt have long to live and is going to be with with grandchildren or something. time to give him a break.

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