Nanotechnology for Climate Control and Enabling a Kardashev Type 1 and 2 Civilization

April 7, 2017December 21, 2008 by Brian Wang

J Storrs Hall has conceived of Utility Fog and a Space Pier and now his idea for nanotechnology enabled climate control. Version One: 1000 Times More Powerful than Global Warming You build a little balloon—my guess is the balloon needs to be somewhere between a millimeter and a centimeter in size. It has a very …

Solar power breakthroughs SUNRGI 7 cents per kwh 2009 and Israel Solar Power 100 times lower cost

April 7, 2017April 30, 2008 by Brian Wang

SUNRGI’s “concentrated photovoltaic” system relies on lenses to magnify sunlight 2,000 times, letting it produce as much electricity as standard panels with a far smaller system. They say they’ll start producing solar panels by mid-2009 that will generate electricity for about 7 cents a kilowatt hour, including installation. Update: Very cool: Dilbert blog [Scott Adams] …