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From: larry.r.trout
Date: February 3, 2009 7:34:58 AM MST
To: "John R Coffey5 (E-mail)" john2001plus
Subject: Wind and Solar

"The United States overtook Germany as the biggest producer of wind power last year, new figures showed, and will likely take the lead in solar power this year, analysts said on Monday.

Even before an expected "Obama bounce" from a new President who has vowed to boost clean energy, U.S. wind power capacity surged 50 percent last year to 25 gigwatts (GW) -- enough to power more than five million homes. ...

The United States is also expected to overtake Germany this year as the world's biggest producer of solar power, aided by its far sunnier climate, Jefferies analyst Michael McNamara told Reuters on Monday."

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=us-becomes-top-wind-producer

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From: "Trout, Larry R 
To: "Coffey, John R 
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:57:37 -0700
Subject: RE:

Did you say that someone has found a way to make solar cells more efficient?,

While there has been some progress in efficiency of photovoltaics.   I was describing efficiency, as reducing the cost, or "making" them more efficiently.

Concentrated efficiency record 40.8%:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929220900.htm

Crystaline efficiency record 24.7%:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081023100536.htm

Organic record 10%:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103124224.htm

Would it be better if all clocks showed military time?,

Windows Vista now shows a analog clock on its desktop.

It would appeal to us nerds.   How many people have analog vs digital watches?

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From: "Trout, Larry R 
To: "Updike, L Robert 
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:46:20 -0700
Subject: EESTOR

If both nanosolar and eestor could get their products to market, it would be a game changer.

"GM working with EEStor for Volt"

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10155104-48.html

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From: "Trout, Larry R 
To: "Coffey, John R 
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:19:21 -0700
Subject: nanosolar printer

The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:

http://www.channelweb.co.uk/business-green/news/2219545/nanosolar-debuts-solar-panel

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From: larry.r.trout
Date: February 3, 2009 7:46:43 AM MST
To: "John R Coffey5 (E-mail)" 
Subject: supercomputer

"The U.S. government has hired IBM to build a supercomputer with more power than all the supercomputers on the Top 500 supercomputer list combined.  

It's an ambitious claim by IBM in a business where jumbo-sized claims are the norm.   The planned Sequoia system, capable of 20 petaflops, will be used by the U.S.   Department of Energy in its nuclear stockpile research.   The fastest systems today can only reach 1 petaflop, a remarkable achievement in its own right that was met only last year.  

It "is the biggest leap of computing capability ever delivered to the lab," said Mark Seager, the assistant department head for advanced technology at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., where the system will be housed.   It's expected to be up and running in 2012.  

IBM is actually building two supercomputers under this contract.   The first one, to be delivered by mid-year, is called Dawn and will operate at around 500 teraflops.   It will be used by researchers to help prepare for the larger system. "

Impressive...The two computers make me think of Deep thought designing the earth.

It's too bad, they can't use this to design a Fusion reactor...you might need one to power this computer :) Plus, it would be nice to have fusion...

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=government&articleId=9127238&taxonomyId=13&intsrc=kc_top

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