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Solar Power Put to Good Use
Current Shunts writes "Teams from all over the U.S. and Canada will be competing this summer over a 2,500 mile course from Austin, Texas in the United States to Calgary Alberta Canada for the 2005 North American Solar Challenge. The purpose of this event is to promote renewable energy technologies, integrate science and engineering disciplines, and give competitors an opportunity to showcase their technical and creative abilities." At the same time, zestyalbino writes "Construction on the world's largest solar tower [RMIT] may begin next year in Mildura, Australia. In a nutshell, "An ever present large mass of air under an expansive transparent collector (seven kilometres in diameter) is heated by solar radiation (greenhouse effect) providing a continuous flow of hot air to drive electricity generating turbines located around the base of the one-kilometre tall central tower." There's also an article on Wired."
as opposed to all those evil uses for solar power?
Solar Power Put to Good Use
Excellent! I was getting tired of all the bad uses it is put to.
Jesse: "I'm still fighting for the earth. I even got 'em to install a solar-powered electric chair."
Snake: [in the solar electric chair] "Dude, we've been here all morning! Could you at least remoisten my head sponge?"
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/CABF01
If all else fails it can just be turned into the worlds largest sun dial...
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton
Solar Tower my ass.
Where's the rollercoaster built around it with the bungy jumpers streaming to and fro? Where the Rush Limbaugh Ride where you can ride a vent of hot air to the top while sucking down pain killers? Where's the naked acrobat midget dancers? I mean, this is Austraila. Can't we at least put a huge magnifying glass at the top to fry tourists like ants? No? And where's the fucking beer?