Pharoz

It might be an idea to summarise the *Solar Energy category in Pharoz and put some of these posts into the Becrux (Mimosa) blog with links to the relevant Pharoz posts.The basic categories would be something like: Energy efficiency at a network level Storage of electrical energy Transport of electrical energy Fixing electrical energy Transverse horizontal wind turbines Transition from coal power to renewables (system wide) Carbon dioxide – Removal, transformation and disposal of CO2 Applying usable kinetic energy to spacecraft through remote lasers There is a separate post for each of the broad categories above with links to the relevant Pharoz posts.

2/10/2008 Solar Collector Satellites Some Pharoz posts: 24/10/2006 Solar Farms 10/04/2006 Analog to digital energy transmission *** The basic idea is that the light from a laser made with a gas will be at a frequency such that the light from that laser can be absorbed by that same gas in a special cavity at a distance removed from the laser, and thus cleanly catch the energy from the laser so to speak.

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through pre-industrial means, by only planting trees for example, can not keep pace with the carbon dioxide emissions that our modern society is placing in the atmosphere. A carbon dioxide sink is a process that takes carbon dioxide, as well as other things such as water and energy, and turns the chemical components of carbon dioxide into something else.

What is happening with these new ideas and perspectives on this blog could be described as possible beginnings of paradigm shifts, similar to what has happened occasionally in the sciences.

It barely needs to be said (except during Howards reign in Australia) that if we are going to change over our energy systems so that they are sustainable with regard to global warming then we have to examine the requirements for a sustainable energy system, compare that to what we have now and then devise strategies to move toward the more sustainable energy systems.