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Is the Future of Silicon Valley Solar?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-any-time-soon dept.

Noryungi writes "In this provocative article, Brian McConnell argues that Silicon Valley, instead of staying in the saturated IT field, should apply its resources (including its chip-producing plants) into Solar Power/Renewable energy. Intel branded Solar Panels, anyone?"

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  1. Intel solar panels? Meh. by Nicholas+Evans · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't know about intel-branded solar panels. They'd work well and all, but they'd probably cost a lot. I don't see much of a need for OCing solar panels, so I think I'd prefer AMD panels...

    =P

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  2. Sun Microsystems? by TheUnknownOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about Sun Solar Panels?

    1. Re:Sun Microsystems? by upsidedown_duck · · Score: 2, Funny


      Shhhh....they don't want the public to know about their Sun Solar Panel and Sun Ray perpetual energy machine...

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    2. Re:Sun Microsystems? by artemis67 · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...and Apple could take all of this carbon dioxide floating around and convert it into oxygen.

  3. The problem with alt.energy by geoffrobinson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone can post to that newsgroup. You get advertising and all sorts of off-topic posts.

    I'd rather have sci.energy or even rec.energy.

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  4. this isnt new! by Prophetic_Truth · · Score: 2, Funny

    my trusty solar powered calculator is always busy keeping the chicks away.

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  5. Re:We need to look into more alt. energy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    if the war in iraq and the rising cost of oil have showed us anything

    I thought it showed us that as long as you wrap yourself in the flag and claim to be born-again, you can get bible-thumping Midwesterners to support any military action.

  6. We are ready whenever you are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    pick it up Trinity!

  7. I can't resist by Eevee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Intel branded Solar Panels, anyone?

    Intel Outside!
  8. Re:What's with the moderators today? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I cannot begin to count the number of comments I have seen that have been modded down because they were contraversial, as opposed to offtopic, flamebait, or whatever

    "controversial".

    Note to moderators: Spelling corrections should never be modded "off-topic". Instead, they should be modded insightful, because they give the OP insight into how to correctly misspell a word.