I beg to differ that nuclear power is not from solar power. While it is true that the current solar conditions did not generate it, the matter employed was generated by the explosion that created our star. That is to say, the matter in our solar system is, in fact, star dust..
I think the best way to use solar power (as of now) is the CSE approach. It has little maintenance cost since it is basically a closed system (except for the water that needs to be evaporated). This, in combination with the method of pumping water Uphill for nighttime use, would be even cheaper than all the other means of creating electricity. No more Plutonium, Oil, Gas etc. would need to be mined and the maintenance of existing plants is more expensive than that of CSE leading to cheaper power
Money/cost needs to be taken completely out of the equation! We have the resources and labor necessary to implement this technology now, so that's all that matters. Really, when you consider that our air, water, and mountains are being destroyed because other energy creation methods are "cheaper", it's not really worth it is it?
Last year, real Scientists were saying 1/watt for Solar would take another 10 years. then, last month in China, they achieved this. Please, spread the word and re-post, because the mainstream press is totally ignoring this! Go to RenewableEnergyWorld and search Chinese Tier-2 Modules. 2012 could be the collapse of the Oil Market.
Hank, this was perfect. I LOVE SOLAR POWER. I really hope people are learning from your videos, especially this one 'cause solar energy is our future. I don't know how or when, but one day it will create the majority of the power on this planet. And I'm hopefully on my way to being a part of that research. :)
It's so sad to see all the scientific progress humankind could make so fast and so efficiently simply frozen solid by the politics of a few, and the greed of the corporations.
It is them who are slowing progress to a crawl and even killing scientists in order to keep the world hooked on their dirty, dangerous, costly (but very profitable) energy in a barrel monopoly.
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People try to get time copying these O.U.O. devices in you basements, and when they work, as many will, then just quietly power your homes. Do not even wisper that you can do such a thing. That will be the key to success. Also buile a hand powered well in your back yard.
The Fed. has us by the balls if they shut off our water. 3 to 7 days and we are dead....
@alexanderfederowicz i live in an environmental community as long as i do not have to repair my batteries charged by my solar panels. My pump will give me all the water i need. Do you know the earths soil acts as a natural filter? The problem is finding a bacteria that will eat the dangerous elements that could build up in the soil. The only natural know solution for cleansing the soil was lava that burned or killed anything preventing plants from growing.
Nuclear power is the same thing that stars do so in some ways you were wrong. Anyhow, I have been thinking about this for a while now and I have been thinking some of the solar power that is generated in the duration of daytime can be stored into (HUGE) batteries that release the power during the night,BUT, this would be unimaginably expensive and the daily switch from sun to battery would cause a blackout everyday and morning.
You should look into different ways of soaking up CO2. Look at the artificial trees, they're really cool and via carbon capture, they'd probably be one method of cleaning the atmosphere. The only problem is that they need water in close proximity... And the cost. But they're not THAT expensive...The plastic they use soaks up CO2, and then the CO2 can then just be washed off an then it's ready to be used again.
you said that nuclear power doesn't come from the sun. where o you think the radio active elements came from ? as a sun collapses upon its self the heaviest elements such as lead, uranium and other very dense metals are created by the last few scraps of fusion power. so technically nuclear power wouldn't exist without the sun but it is kind along winded. just pointing it out. love the show :) xx
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@solarpanellights very interesting. I suggest finding more real variable people can connect to for better understanding. For example mentioning their electric bill would be cut in half and also stating they could have their TV running in a blackout
I don't know much about electricity or power, but as I understand it the P type and N type cells layered on each other are called a "capacitor" and right now, the world's thinnest capacitors can be made using a new material called graphene, which is an atom-thick sheet of carbon bound in hexagonal formations.
What's the potential that graphene could replace silicon?
@TheMathShaman The problem would be the product would be over priced, they should pass a bill that decreases tax on products that decrease the use of power. (Like green tech is now)
@TheMathShaman No my friend, you're messing things up. this N and P type things are semiconductors. capacitors are made of conductors often separated by dielectrics, they turn out to be charged with positive and negative charges when you put a voltage in it. if you drain it out they become uncharged. While the semiconductors N and P are naturally abundant with charges, you put them together and you get a diode. Yes, there are ways to make semiconductors with graphene [...]
@TheMathShaman [...] and yes there are capacitors in every diodes (The depletion region), but don't get the two mixed up they are entirely different things (really, put a voltage trough both things and they behave reeeaally differently). But you got something right, graphene can revolutionize photovoltaics as it can revolutionize practically everything that involves electrons.
WTF, hank, heavy elements are formed in the infernos of stars nuclear materials, like use, are made of star stuff... this is some rookie stuff man. derp
yeaaah but you always end up with an NCR occupies tower controlled by a psycho that has broken mirrors and doesn't run right until you steal panels and in the end its kind of not worth it...I realise probably no one understands this joke but still
2. This is cool. Maybe if I was rich I'd buy some panels myself, you know, to cut down on the daily usage. Apparently if you make more power than you use and your meter goes backwards the power company takes some money off your bill, or even pays you if you make enough without using it.
3. Hopefully some chemist will work out a photoelectric cell that's cheaper than the silicon ones.
Well as the sun may be providing so much "sun" the solar panels are very inefficient! The problem is that the sun is also not always there where as Geothermal is and is more efficient.
the only way a country could power itself with solar energy (ONLY SOLAR) we would be forced to cover 150% of the continent just to power about... 1/2 the continent.. ya i guess it could work if u really want to get reflection burns from walking on mirrors all day... and everyone stopped using tv's phones and games.. gl with that
In 2011 Energy Conversion Devices moved 140 jobs from Michigan to Mexico to save money. This week the Obama-funded solar company went belly up. Energy Conversion Devices managed to blow $13.3 million in tax credits before filing for bankruptcy."
The incident energy in your example (at 00.38) should be 3.3 MWH (3,300 KWH), NOT 1500 watts. Isn't 3,300,000 watt hours more impressive than 1500 watts?
You can fix the video. I know you can. The impact of your video should be much improved when the audience knows this.
Good luck with this series. I like it.
(Former Solar Energy Technology Instructor - Central Oregon Community College)
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@snapf00 An LED can be used as a photo sensor since you will get a very small voltage when light shines on it. You can then amplify this voltage and use it in a circuit. It does not, however, generate any useful power.
need a better source of energy? why not zoidberg? seriously tho, support nuclear energy. instead of trying to get energy from the sun efficiently, MAKE YOUR OWN SUN
@r0b0tj0n3s If the world was to rely completely on nuclear energy, you run the risk of this planet no longer being inhabitable by life as you know it... I would personally not take that risk. As a result, alternative energy sources are still well worth investigating and investing in.
@Fenrisnine why would the planet suddenly become uninhabitable because we all relied on nuclear energy? If we refrain from using nuclear fission and use the nuclear fusion process there would be no harm to your precious trees and fuzzy animals.
@Fenrisnine You know what we should do? We should all hide in our houses so we can never get skin damage from the sun, and if we ever need to travel anywhere, wrap ourselves in bobble wrap and wear helmets in our cars. You can be cautious, but saying that if we had a lot of nuclear power, the Earth may end up completely uninhabitable is borderline retarded. There have only ever been 2 instances where a plant has affected the public. When something says nuclear, it is not evil.
How could we use solar cells in Norway in the winter? There is no sun here in about 2 months, and 2 other months with about 2-3 hours sun each day. Is there a way to store the sun energi? Then we could store all the energi from the summer where ee have sun 24 hours each day.
In 1839, 19 year olds were not "kids". 19 year olds are only kids today because parents and society actively prevent development and maturation. Sheltering brains from experiences results in stunted development. In 1839, it was unsurprising for 14 year olds to live on their own and to support themselves. Everyone around expected them to be mature, and their parents actually HELPED them grow up instead of trying to stop them from growing up. This is why teens are so frustrated and angsty.
As a solar-certified electrician, you're wasting your money on solar, unless you 1. Live in the southwest, 2. Have a huge tax credit which is funded by the tax you pay anyways, 3. Rewire your home and refit for 12 or 24-volt appliances and lighting. Add in the cost of gel-cell batteries, NEC compliant installation, and you're looking at a 50-year "break-even" point.
The most efficient panels ON THE PLANET are 18% efficient. Source: PVtimes magazine.
@jayynecobb As an electrical engineer (MSEE), I can tell you you don't know what you're talking about. 1. You don't necessarily need to live in the Southwest. People are successfully using solar power in New England. 2. You DO get a tax credit AND, in many cases a power co. incentive. 3. Dead wrong! Any real PV installation comes with an inverter, which you've obviously never heard of. It converts 12/24 VDC to 120 VAC. NO NEED FOR SPECIAL APPLIANCES. As an "electrician": Epic Fail!
@jayynecobb Worth noting that payback on PV installation is also very dependent on how much grid electricity costs and how much electricity you use. Even in New York here a payback of less than 10 years is possible (includes utility incentives but no batteries or low voltage wiring). You don't have to go completely off-grid to make solar PV worthwhile.
@jayynecobb Then we have “anyways,” a colloquial corruption of “anyway.” It’s universally considered nonstandard and should be avoided altogether. It might help to remember that “anyway” is an adverb, and adverbs can’t be plural.
@jayynecobb As an electrical engineer who has worked in the area of energy conversion, I can say you are 100% correct. I've gone throught the math over and over and solar energy really doesn't make much sense unless as you say you are living in the sun belt. And Solar Energy does next to nothing for the transportation industry. And there is another big problem, you don't get any energy from solar cells at night or when the sun isn't shinning. Solar Power is so oversold.
@jayynecobb Actually, there is a 29% (or something like that) efficient solar panel prototype. It isn't very large, and is extremely fragile, but it is almost 30% efficient. Making it much better.
@jayynecobb You gotta start somewhere, just 5 years ago they were only around 5% efficient. Cars used to hit a solid 10 miles per hour, is that a reason to discontinue research? As technology in the solar industry progresses, technology in supporting industries will as well.
Lastly, quit your job because you clearly don't enjoy it.
@sodafromyoda Just because you can see reality, you automatically don't enjoy your job? You shouldn't make stuff up and blindly defend your profession, just because it's your profession. Quit your commenting, you clearly don't understand that people can tell negative facts without hating.
@jayynecobb First of all, the best solar panels in production are now more than 20%. The best research cells 42.7%. Nanosolar sprayed on cells have now hit 11%. If you were going to build your own car radiator it would cost you hundreds. Yet big car manufacturers stamp them out for $5. There is nothing intrinsically expensive about solar. If I didn't have lovely big trees shading my roof, solar would not only give me power, it would double the life of my roof by shading it.
Hank! You were wrong at one point! Not ALL wind is due to solar energy. Trade winds and such exist because of the earth's rotation. Granted wind turbines aren't really useful for this, but there are a few modern technologies and ideas that will attempt to use this power.
How can you collect Watts of energy if Watts is a measurement of energy/time? The "1500W in 1 year" makes no sense - maybe you meant Joules? But then again, that is a miniscule amount; a sandwich (about 400calories; 400calories*4.14J/calorie=1656J) - has as much energy as what you'd collect from laying in the sun for a year. The provided "data" is ridiculous. Even if it is correct, it is made to seem a HUGE amount which is a blatant lie. This entire video is as credible as a 7 year school boy.
@anechyporenko Yeah, I think the maths are a bit off. 1sq.m at 90degrees to the sun recieves, under our atmosphere, about 1000W per hour. So the 1.5 sq.m Hank Solar Panel™, given the average exposure for a year, would recieve about 3.5 mW. So he was off by more than 3 orders of magnitude...
It's a disappointment that you had not mentioned solar thermal energy but instead focused only on PVs. Also, geothermal is another non-solar source of energy you might have mentioned.
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While he does make good points in the video, I can never see solar at any point being either economical or ecological. While the sun does release a huge amount of energy to the Earth, as said in the video, if somebody was to lay in the sun for 1 year, they would absorb 1500 watts (Im assuming 1500 KW/h) of power: about enough to power a space heater for 1.5 hours. A solar cell of that size, or even a focused mirror of that size, costs hundreds, not to mention the ecological cost to make them.
you never know, thats what people said about cars a hundred years ago. but it will probably take at least that long.
unless, of course, the left wing morons continue to score victories in their war against oil, making it so expensive because the supply dwindles, and then start taxing the shit out of it. they have said things like "if only we could get $5/gallon gasoline..." dreaming like it would be a good thing.
@TheVideoVector He already mentioned something important in the video called the "conservation of dollars" which states that a business isn't willing to put more money into a project than it has to.
Concentrating sunlight seems to be cheaper than researching the replication of photosynthesis.
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I'm doing a science project about Photovoltaic Cells and one of the questions on the rubric was to effectively answer some queries that people have about Photovoltaic Cells and our question was "Can you use a different chemical of treatment on the Solar Panels to make them work more effectively?" Our group is very confused about this and I would like help please. Thank you in advance.
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I couldn't help but notice that your figure (at 00:38) is off by a factor of about 2,000. The solar energy incident on a 1.5m square body is estmated at 1500 watts momentarily. That translates to 1500 watt hours per hour. And that translates (at 6 hrs/day) to 3.285 KWH per year. Not 1500 watts per year, but 3.3 Megawatts per year. Check it out.
(Former Solar Energy Technology Instructor - Central Oregon Community College)
I beg to differ that nuclear power is not from solar power. While it is true that the current solar conditions did not generate it, the matter employed was generated by the explosion that created our star. That is to say, the matter in our solar system is, in fact, star dust..
meatheadmerlin 14 hours ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I think the best way to use solar power (as of now) is the CSE approach. It has little maintenance cost since it is basically a closed system (except for the water that needs to be evaporated). This, in combination with the method of pumping water Uphill for nighttime use, would be even cheaper than all the other means of creating electricity. No more Plutonium, Oil, Gas etc. would need to be mined and the maintenance of existing plants is more expensive than that of CSE leading to cheaper power
Kingofkeks 15 hours ago in playlist Uploaded videos
could we find a way to attract cancer cells in the body, and raditate them to death
or we could build a laser that could identify cells and like burn/cortarize these cells
xcelorater 16 hours ago
Money/cost needs to be taken completely out of the equation! We have the resources and labor necessary to implement this technology now, so that's all that matters. Really, when you consider that our air, water, and mountains are being destroyed because other energy creation methods are "cheaper", it's not really worth it is it?
oPod 16 hours ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Gigawatts: You need them to travel through time.
bedofrazorsqwerty 19 hours ago
now where is my cheap jetson car hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?gruff
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WE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING
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What the hell are we doing lets put some fucking solar pannels in africa
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Last year, real Scientists were saying 1/watt for Solar would take another 10 years. then, last month in China, they achieved this. Please, spread the word and re-post, because the mainstream press is totally ignoring this! Go to RenewableEnergyWorld and search Chinese Tier-2 Modules. 2012 could be the collapse of the Oil Market.
SoftEnergyFuture 1 day ago
1:14 I thought Pegasi do that. Though I guess they eat food that got energy from the Sun, so your logic is still sound.
Anyway, these are awesome videos, keep up the awesome work!
FourthDimensionPyro 1 day ago
Solar power is awesome, except when you live in Minnesota. : /
verdigo1 1 day ago
You remind me of the Jokes in 4 min guy
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Hank, this was perfect. I LOVE SOLAR POWER. I really hope people are learning from your videos, especially this one 'cause solar energy is our future. I don't know how or when, but one day it will create the majority of the power on this planet. And I'm hopefully on my way to being a part of that research. :)
coolbeansxxBOOM 1 day ago in playlist Uploaded videos
stop talking and get to the fucking point k
MrGregory809 1 day ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I think i've watched this 30 times already. stuff still sinking in. dang i'm stupid
twisto 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
dope eh now I like this guy
420theslayer 2 days ago
Just pay the bill
PUTUPLAN7 2 days ago
arent most elements, including the heavy ones created during a super nova?
marksmod 2 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
fantastic video :)
TheOliist 2 days ago
It's so sad to see all the scientific progress humankind could make so fast and so efficiently simply frozen solid by the politics of a few, and the greed of the corporations.
It is them who are slowing progress to a crawl and even killing scientists in order to keep the world hooked on their dirty, dangerous, costly (but very profitable) energy in a barrel monopoly.
Raydeus 2 days ago 5
Nobody has ever heard of rechargable batteries...
toasty4000000 2 days ago
really? 20% nuclear power?
hm, i wouldn't have guessed
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Thorium Reactors of Fusion Reactors
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badboygq3 3 days ago
We need to work on making things consume less power.
r3bol 3 days ago
1.21 GIGAWATTS?????? Sorry I had to..
billybabc 3 days ago
Fusion reactors!
zxzIzxz 3 days ago
Check out a video called Harnessing nature's solar cells. MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a new idea for a solar panel using lawn clippings.
rayhs1984 3 days ago
So.. 1500 joules pr second pr year?
jesperstald 4 days ago
People try to get time copying these O.U.O. devices in you basements, and when they work, as many will, then just quietly power your homes. Do not even wisper that you can do such a thing. That will be the key to success. Also buile a hand powered well in your back yard.
The Fed. has us by the balls if they shut off our water. 3 to 7 days and we are dead....
alexanderfederowicz 4 days ago
@alexanderfederowicz i live in an environmental community as long as i do not have to repair my batteries charged by my solar panels. My pump will give me all the water i need. Do you know the earths soil acts as a natural filter? The problem is finding a bacteria that will eat the dangerous elements that could build up in the soil. The only natural know solution for cleansing the soil was lava that burned or killed anything preventing plants from growing.
Dellvin99 4 days ago
Nuclear power is the same thing that stars do so in some ways you were wrong. Anyhow, I have been thinking about this for a while now and I have been thinking some of the solar power that is generated in the duration of daytime can be stored into (HUGE) batteries that release the power during the night,BUT, this would be unimaginably expensive and the daily switch from sun to battery would cause a blackout everyday and morning.
adeasi0510 5 days ago
actually, nuclear power IS created by stars, as the heavy isotopes that are used are born in collapsing stars.
dangerouslytalented 5 days ago
You should look into different ways of soaking up CO2. Look at the artificial trees, they're really cool and via carbon capture, they'd probably be one method of cleaning the atmosphere. The only problem is that they need water in close proximity... And the cost. But they're not THAT expensive...The plastic they use soaks up CO2, and then the CO2 can then just be washed off an then it's ready to be used again.
neoshaded 6 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@neoshaded good idea, but stipping the oxigenfrom co2 , and feeding the o2 back into the air would be good....
alexanderfederowicz 4 days ago
you said that nuclear power doesn't come from the sun. where o you think the radio active elements came from ? as a sun collapses upon its self the heaviest elements such as lead, uranium and other very dense metals are created by the last few scraps of fusion power. so technically nuclear power wouldn't exist without the sun but it is kind along winded. just pointing it out. love the show :) xx
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@MrOliverdunn I'm sure he thought of that
Kaaxe 5 days ago
@Kaaxe yeah. just letting other people who may be interested know
MrOliverdunn 5 days ago
instead of gigawatt i understood gigglewatt - i giggled.
austrianmusicfreak 6 days ago
I have a question for hank. Could we, by 2015 create a solar panel that produces 1.21 gigawats?!
MarkLatimerRussell 6 days ago
1 GIGGAWATT = approx. 1 jump to the the future
gmosphere 6 days ago
What about geothermal powerplants?
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@solarpanellights very interesting. I suggest finding more real variable people can connect to for better understanding. For example mentioning their electric bill would be cut in half and also stating they could have their TV running in a blackout
Dellvin99 4 days ago
I don't know much about electricity or power, but as I understand it the P type and N type cells layered on each other are called a "capacitor" and right now, the world's thinnest capacitors can be made using a new material called graphene, which is an atom-thick sheet of carbon bound in hexagonal formations.
What's the potential that graphene could replace silicon?
TheMathShaman 1 week ago 18
@TheMathShaman Pretty good. They just figured out how to properly insulate it.
KrunchyGoodness 1 week ago
@KrunchyGoodness
Sweeeet.
TheMathShaman 1 week ago
@TheMathShaman The problem would be the product would be over priced, they should pass a bill that decreases tax on products that decrease the use of power. (Like green tech is now)
Dellvin99 4 days ago
@TheMathShaman No my friend, you're messing things up. this N and P type things are semiconductors. capacitors are made of conductors often separated by dielectrics, they turn out to be charged with positive and negative charges when you put a voltage in it. if you drain it out they become uncharged. While the semiconductors N and P are naturally abundant with charges, you put them together and you get a diode. Yes, there are ways to make semiconductors with graphene [...]
Malk007 4 days ago
@TheMathShaman [...] and yes there are capacitors in every diodes (The depletion region), but don't get the two mixed up they are entirely different things (really, put a voltage trough both things and they behave reeeaally differently). But you got something right, graphene can revolutionize photovoltaics as it can revolutionize practically everything that involves electrons.
Malk007 4 days ago
@TheMathShaman It's pretty much inevitable. It's just a matter of time.
andybpiano 2 days ago
@TheMathShaman I thought you said you didn't know much about electricity or power
ErrectifiedPeePee 17 hours ago
@ErrectifiedPeePee
Relatively speaking, I guess.
I know a little more than most random people you could question on the street, but much, much less than a professional.
TheMathShaman 8 hours ago
@TheMathShaman GOOD QUESTION!!!
neilmdm 3 hours ago
Hey, Hank, how come this video and the video on Epigenetics aren't onthe Scishow playlist?
snapelicious 1 week ago
i will create this invention of which you speak of. mark my words.
daniekim3031 1 week ago
WTF, hank, heavy elements are formed in the infernos of stars nuclear materials, like use, are made of star stuff... this is some rookie stuff man. derp
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TrueSucces 1 week ago
5:50 ohhh the deviant past-times of my rebellious youth as a boyscout lol
snowsquirrel11 1 week ago
Is geothermal energy from the sun?
Chireidonuts 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Chireidonuts Geothermal energy is energy from the earth's inner heat.
hootatoot 1 week ago
@Chireidonuts Geo = Earth Thermal = Of or relating to heat. Earth Heat.
Mizoreofsnow 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
it depends on how dark the tunnel is
whiteandnerdyNinja 1 week ago
yeaaah but you always end up with an NCR occupies tower controlled by a psycho that has broken mirrors and doesn't run right until you steal panels and in the end its kind of not worth it...I realise probably no one understands this joke but still
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Dellvin99 4 days ago
A few things.
1. Subscribed
2. This is cool. Maybe if I was rich I'd buy some panels myself, you know, to cut down on the daily usage. Apparently if you make more power than you use and your meter goes backwards the power company takes some money off your bill, or even pays you if you make enough without using it.
3. Hopefully some chemist will work out a photoelectric cell that's cheaper than the silicon ones.
Have a nice day!
almann1117 1 week ago
you should be dictator of the world
3XPlos1v3BANANAS 1 week ago
Explain to us how a spacecraft can travel faster than the speed of light!
dehydromon 1 week ago
@dehydromon it cannot.
Generalvaldez 1 week ago
@Generalvaldez Actually, there is a pretty good amount of research going to trying to do just that.
dehydromon 1 week ago
WORSHIP THE SON!! I MEAN THE SUN!!
BrikHarville 1 week ago
Well as the sun may be providing so much "sun" the solar panels are very inefficient! The problem is that the sun is also not always there where as Geothermal is and is more efficient.
xP4CK3RZ 1 week ago
the only way a country could power itself with solar energy (ONLY SOLAR) we would be forced to cover 150% of the continent just to power about... 1/2 the continent.. ya i guess it could work if u really want to get reflection burns from walking on mirrors all day... and everyone stopped using tv's phones and games.. gl with that
TreeBearNation 1 week ago
he's like the new bill nye lol
screech130 1 week ago
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Yeah lol! Except that Bill Nye wasn't biased, politically involved, or wrong even half as often as our guy Hank here.
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In 2011 Energy Conversion Devices moved 140 jobs from Michigan to Mexico to save money. This week the Obama-funded solar company went belly up. Energy Conversion Devices managed to blow $13.3 million in tax credits before filing for bankruptcy."
---Reuters and Gateway Pundit, 14 February 2012
MsRepoDude 1 week ago
sadly you didn't even mention the expected life time/ breakdown of solar panels... yet ANOTHER problem...
But come ON... why aren't we spending even a faction of our tax dollars on overcoming these problems.
shadebear 1 week ago
Watts is a unit for power, joules per second. That does make any sense saying you collected 1400 joules per second in one year.
Herimia 1 week ago
I HAVE THE POWER...(travels down to the city)...NOW I HAVE 30% LESS POWER
theghostamongwraiths 1 week ago 31
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Dear Hank,
The sun is more powerful than you let on.
The incident energy in your example (at 00.38) should be 3.3 MWH (3,300 KWH), NOT 1500 watts. Isn't 3,300,000 watt hours more impressive than 1500 watts?
You can fix the video. I know you can. The impact of your video should be much improved when the audience knows this.
Good luck with this series. I like it.
(Former Solar Energy Technology Instructor - Central Oregon Community College)
BenSnellBible 1 week ago
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BenSnellBible 1 week ago
If you don't know electrical units, you shouldn't be making a video about solar power.
Watts are energy per second. So your body wouldn't collect 1500 Watts in a year.
adastraedu 1 week ago
A turban is a hat.
sodafromyoda 1 week ago
i just realized im learning this sit in chemistry i learned something i can use yay for me...and COOKIES!
PandaGames7 1 week ago
3:50 It could be a calculator, a house or a frickin' space station. LOL
withaglacierspatienc 1 week ago
cloaking devices!!!
ithinkkatiewins 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Geothermal energy. The third one which is not fundamentaly from the sun?
purplehazenilsp 1 week ago
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jimyrichardson 1 week ago
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SolarPVTV 1 week ago
i showed this channel to my teacher in school.......
coolapple14 1 week ago
turban.......
hhaaffmmeyer 1 week ago
I was told recently that LEDs apparently work backwards (direct sunlight causes them to produce power). This could be very interesting.
snapf00 1 week ago
@snapf00 An LED can be used as a photo sensor since you will get a very small voltage when light shines on it. You can then amplify this voltage and use it in a circuit. It does not, however, generate any useful power.
Smidge204 1 week ago
need a better source of energy? why not zoidberg? seriously tho, support nuclear energy. instead of trying to get energy from the sun efficiently, MAKE YOUR OWN SUN
r0b0tj0n3s 1 week ago
@r0b0tj0n3s If the world was to rely completely on nuclear energy, you run the risk of this planet no longer being inhabitable by life as you know it... I would personally not take that risk. As a result, alternative energy sources are still well worth investigating and investing in.
Fenrisnine 1 week ago
@Fenrisnine why would the planet suddenly become uninhabitable because we all relied on nuclear energy? If we refrain from using nuclear fission and use the nuclear fusion process there would be no harm to your precious trees and fuzzy animals.
r0b0tj0n3s 1 week ago
@Fenrisnine You know what we should do? We should all hide in our houses so we can never get skin damage from the sun, and if we ever need to travel anywhere, wrap ourselves in bobble wrap and wear helmets in our cars. You can be cautious, but saying that if we had a lot of nuclear power, the Earth may end up completely uninhabitable is borderline retarded. There have only ever been 2 instances where a plant has affected the public. When something says nuclear, it is not evil.
LordofKings135 1 week ago
we just need to develop more efficient solar panels
beanodonnell 1 week ago
EXCUSE ME YOU HAVE ISSUES AND SO DOE SMY DAD FOR BEINGR ELIGIOUS AND NOIBODY ANTS TGO TALK TO YOU.
MichaxMassega 1 week ago
would you believe i thought something like this while i was around 12? x.x
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How could we use solar cells in Norway in the winter? There is no sun here in about 2 months, and 2 other months with about 2-3 hours sun each day. Is there a way to store the sun energi? Then we could store all the energi from the summer where ee have sun 24 hours each day.
BorealisLinnea 1 week ago
In 1839, 19 year olds were not "kids". 19 year olds are only kids today because parents and society actively prevent development and maturation. Sheltering brains from experiences results in stunted development. In 1839, it was unsurprising for 14 year olds to live on their own and to support themselves. Everyone around expected them to be mature, and their parents actually HELPED them grow up instead of trying to stop them from growing up. This is why teens are so frustrated and angsty.
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THE SCIENCE SHOW!
Piano!
huhabah 1 week ago
Can you make a video on dye-sensitized solar cells?
links212 1 week ago
is it just me or at 7:51 doesn't his mouth go off sync with the audio?
Aaronwhipya 1 week ago
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Aaronwhipya 1 week ago
stop breathing you are producing pollution
MirageScience 1 week ago
store power? it's called a battery.
MirageScience 1 week ago
Wow! TNX Sun!
SonyYoko 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
take money out of the scenario and think the whole story again :)....surprised?
LittleBlackenise 1 week ago
to all scientific questions, gold is the answer.
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it's all because of selfish people who only want money why our earth is gonna die early.
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I did learn something! ;)
Meb8Rappa 1 week ago
How did a video bout Daniel Radcliffe singing bring me here?The hell>:P
ThatPotterTribute7 1 week ago
melting salt?
phoenixcassidi 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
As a solar-certified electrician, you're wasting your money on solar, unless you 1. Live in the southwest, 2. Have a huge tax credit which is funded by the tax you pay anyways, 3. Rewire your home and refit for 12 or 24-volt appliances and lighting. Add in the cost of gel-cell batteries, NEC compliant installation, and you're looking at a 50-year "break-even" point.
The most efficient panels ON THE PLANET are 18% efficient. Source: PVtimes magazine.
Sorry, but solar is almost good, not GREAT.
jayynecobb 1 week ago 15
@jayynecobb As an electrical engineer (MSEE), I can tell you you don't know what you're talking about. 1. You don't necessarily need to live in the Southwest. People are successfully using solar power in New England. 2. You DO get a tax credit AND, in many cases a power co. incentive. 3. Dead wrong! Any real PV installation comes with an inverter, which you've obviously never heard of. It converts 12/24 VDC to 120 VAC. NO NEED FOR SPECIAL APPLIANCES. As an "electrician": Epic Fail!
kossmikham 1 week ago
@jayynecobb Worth noting that payback on PV installation is also very dependent on how much grid electricity costs and how much electricity you use. Even in New York here a payback of less than 10 years is possible (includes utility incentives but no batteries or low voltage wiring). You don't have to go completely off-grid to make solar PV worthwhile.
Smidge204 1 week ago
@jayynecobb Then we have “anyways,” a colloquial corruption of “anyway.” It’s universally considered nonstandard and should be avoided altogether. It might help to remember that “anyway” is an adverb, and adverbs can’t be plural.
Tuxster3 1 week ago
@jayynecobb As an electrical engineer who has worked in the area of energy conversion, I can say you are 100% correct. I've gone throught the math over and over and solar energy really doesn't make much sense unless as you say you are living in the sun belt. And Solar Energy does next to nothing for the transportation industry. And there is another big problem, you don't get any energy from solar cells at night or when the sun isn't shinning. Solar Power is so oversold.
juscurious 1 week ago
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@jayynecobb that's why you call it investment
beasenereshere 1 week ago
@jayynecobb what are the "better" ways to solve the energy demands then?? we can not rely on fossil fuels can we?
KessiArzan 1 week ago
@jayynecobb Actually, there is a 29% (or something like that) efficient solar panel prototype. It isn't very large, and is extremely fragile, but it is almost 30% efficient. Making it much better.
newbiedoodle 1 week ago
@jayynecobb You gotta start somewhere, just 5 years ago they were only around 5% efficient. Cars used to hit a solid 10 miles per hour, is that a reason to discontinue research? As technology in the solar industry progresses, technology in supporting industries will as well.
Lastly, quit your job because you clearly don't enjoy it.
sodafromyoda 1 week ago
@sodafromyoda Just because you can see reality, you automatically don't enjoy your job? You shouldn't make stuff up and blindly defend your profession, just because it's your profession. Quit your commenting, you clearly don't understand that people can tell negative facts without hating.
LordofKings135 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@jayynecobb You went on the offensive so if that was you saying you enjoy your job, you need to better learn to articulate yourself.
sodafromyoda 1 week ago
@jayynecobb First of all, the best solar panels in production are now more than 20%. The best research cells 42.7%. Nanosolar sprayed on cells have now hit 11%. If you were going to build your own car radiator it would cost you hundreds. Yet big car manufacturers stamp them out for $5. There is nothing intrinsically expensive about solar. If I didn't have lovely big trees shading my roof, solar would not only give me power, it would double the life of my roof by shading it.
adastraedu 1 week ago
Hank! You were wrong at one point! Not ALL wind is due to solar energy. Trade winds and such exist because of the earth's rotation. Granted wind turbines aren't really useful for this, but there are a few modern technologies and ideas that will attempt to use this power.
Znybar 1 week ago
So the sun just gives its power away to everybody / everything? What a whore.
tiannUH 1 week ago 47
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That's a slut, darling.
Brockhad 1 week ago
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no, she gives it away, she's a slut.
jimyrichardson 1 week ago
@tiannUH Now we know why they say god is impartial..
phylosophycalwisdom 1 week ago
How can you collect Watts of energy if Watts is a measurement of energy/time? The "1500W in 1 year" makes no sense - maybe you meant Joules? But then again, that is a miniscule amount; a sandwich (about 400calories; 400calories*4.14J/calorie=1656J) - has as much energy as what you'd collect from laying in the sun for a year. The provided "data" is ridiculous. Even if it is correct, it is made to seem a HUGE amount which is a blatant lie. This entire video is as credible as a 7 year school boy.
anechyporenko 1 week ago
@anechyporenko Yeah, I think the maths are a bit off. 1sq.m at 90degrees to the sun recieves, under our atmosphere, about 1000W per hour. So the 1.5 sq.m Hank Solar Panel™, given the average exposure for a year, would recieve about 3.5 mW. So he was off by more than 3 orders of magnitude...
Binkophile 1 week ago
@Binkophile That's exactly what I was thinking!
anechyporenko 1 week ago
@anechyporenko aww, someone didn't have their oatmeal today.
troyadams19 1 week ago
How the hell did a NeverShoutNever video bring me here?
BriannaBanana714 1 week ago
@W0lfpack98 So did your girlfriend choose you for your impeccable grammar or your reasonable anxiety over a girl's love for a celebrity?
sharpmcclymontm 1 week ago
It's a disappointment that you had not mentioned solar thermal energy but instead focused only on PVs. Also, geothermal is another non-solar source of energy you might have mentioned.
elquemando 1 week ago
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W0lfPack98 1 week ago
hurrah for tangents
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TomTheFoxx 2 weeks ago
While he does make good points in the video, I can never see solar at any point being either economical or ecological. While the sun does release a huge amount of energy to the Earth, as said in the video, if somebody was to lay in the sun for 1 year, they would absorb 1500 watts (Im assuming 1500 KW/h) of power: about enough to power a space heater for 1.5 hours. A solar cell of that size, or even a focused mirror of that size, costs hundreds, not to mention the ecological cost to make them.
dubstep1001 2 weeks ago
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you never know, thats what people said about cars a hundred years ago. but it will probably take at least that long.
unless, of course, the left wing morons continue to score victories in their war against oil, making it so expensive because the supply dwindles, and then start taxing the shit out of it. they have said things like "if only we could get $5/gallon gasoline..." dreaming like it would be a good thing.
BattleFitReno 2 weeks ago
@BattleFitReno lol look at the gas price in gold its the same, its all inflation and our county sucking itself into the ground.
Glitchclan12 1 week ago
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yeah, can't wait to see how this ends...
BattleFitReno 1 week ago
They're working on putting a huge photoelectric field near where I live :) it's still in the planning stages but it's something to get excited about.
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por favor me pueden enviar este.... video es muy interesante ..pero en español.....por favor
MegaAngelito111 2 weeks ago
I understand you rid yourself of age, but Bill! WHERES THE POLKA DOT TIE?
Caturday7daysxweek 2 weeks ago
Concentration of sunlight IS NOT the path to take with solar energy- but to replicate photosynthesis.
TheVideoVector 2 weeks ago
@TheVideoVector He already mentioned something important in the video called the "conservation of dollars" which states that a business isn't willing to put more money into a project than it has to.
Concentrating sunlight seems to be cheaper than researching the replication of photosynthesis.
Youanden 1 week ago
it might be expensive but doesnt it pay for itself?
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WhiteShoreFilms 2 weeks ago
There's always a catch!
gerbils56 2 weeks ago
if you believe that a plane can knock down a big ass tower like a demolition! I've got to ask what world do you live in?....... and i got ask how did it and while you give that answer are you druling out of your mouth shiting in your pants and riding a short bus, no offense but wake the fuck up
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leaderstube 2 weeks ago
You look just like Husky. Just saying! :D
TheGstein 2 weeks ago
O.O
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I'm doing a science project about Photovoltaic Cells and one of the questions on the rubric was to effectively answer some queries that people have about Photovoltaic Cells and our question was "Can you use a different chemical of treatment on the Solar Panels to make them work more effectively?" Our group is very confused about this and I would like help please. Thank you in advance.
Slacker843 2 weeks ago
@Slacker843 It's a trick question. There is the possibility of a better material, but if we have discovered how to make it or not requires reading research papers on the topic. Most of the papers are going to be chemistry intensive, I recommend looking for a review article on the topic because they are more simplified and inform you about field of research to date. This can be done at your local collage library for free most likely. Good luck!
Ammondn 2 weeks ago
fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
Forsaken6994 2 weeks ago
So wait, Doc Brown needed 21 Gigawatts to send the Delorean on its way. THAT'S A DAMN TALL ORDER!
MrAh1123581321 2 weeks ago
Dear Hank,
I couldn't help but notice that your figure (at 00:38) is off by a factor of about 2,000. The solar energy incident on a 1.5m square body is estmated at 1500 watts momentarily. That translates to 1500 watt hours per hour. And that translates (at 6 hrs/day) to 3.285 KWH per year. Not 1500 watts per year, but 3.3 Megawatts per year. Check it out.
(Former Solar Energy Technology Instructor - Central Oregon Community College)
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