Comments on: Solar Breakthrough Technology

By: Phelps Phan and Phriends

Phelps Phan and Phriends — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:59:13 +0000

:what if you could attach your best guitar chop that Identifies you, to a wavelength of light? Does that inspire anyone? That’s equivalent to instantaneous gratification at 186K MPS2…

Now that is a case for Branding a lick.. no? and you can be a ferocious Libertarian as well, with a 100 to 1 return on investment.

In T. J. Rodgers we have the answer. Rodgers, the CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. — which owns solar-power manufacturer SunPower — believes that “green is green,” that it’s a money-maker and a winner for business. Says Rodgers, “You serve people by making things people want.” And if people want pollution-free power, the free-market can deliver it.

“Any diversion from that is negative,” says TJ Rodgers.

By: Pribek

Pribek — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:57:06 +0000

That’s an interesting little interview there with T. J. Rodgers. It’s pretty much on dead alignment with what Kurzweill says about tech advancement. It isn’t about the politics of pandering it’s about the economics of the greater good.

By: Pribek

Pribek — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:52:00 +0000

Hmmm…for some reason Sans, your link didn’t appear. Here it is…

http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/post/?q=YTg0Mzg4NDI4NWYzYmFhMTk2Y2MxZjczZDE1YjQ3MGE=

By: Sans Direction

Sans Direction — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:37:18 +0000

That sounds about right. I hadn’t thought about his point before he mentioned it about the Moog guitar, but I’m more and more convinced he’s right.

There’s an interview from Uncommon Knowledge with a guy who is really into the solar panel business, which started when he realized there was a Return On Investment for solar power. It’ll be interesting to know when it’s practical for home use.

My uncle retired and let his son have the farm, but evidently he still goes out and helps and tinkers. He got a kit to make an S10 into an electric pickup, which has range to get him out to the farm and back. Soon it might be practical for my wife, who doesn’t have to leave town, but there’s not enough range to get me to work, much less back.

Nice new look, by the way.