1.26.2008

Solar Power Via the Super Soaker


A thank you to Jeff for sending out an email about a company in Atlanta that has created "A new engine with no moving parts has been shown to convert waste heat and concentrated solar energy into electricity better than conventional solar panels." The irony resides in the fact that the money the company uses to do all their research comes from Lonnie Johnson's (owner) profit from his invention the Super Soaker which is sold at WalMart...so thank you WalMart for contributing to green research.

Solar Energy

1 comment:

kmackay said...

That's a good point and a valid concern. Widespread use of something like this must take aesthetics into consideration otherwise it will not become common place. The TV satellite dish comes to mind. Some are willing to deal with the less than appealing aesthetics but definitely not all.