Why?

Just a question.

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• getinthelake
• benedict
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• why?

[DRNEGOLICIS]

you thinking right but the only thing is think of how big of a vacuum chamber you would have to make and how big the sails would have to be for that to turn a generator and on top of that the vacuum chamber would have to be transparent so the sun light can come though

[GetintheLake]

ah yes but thats if we make on big one. what if we have a million small ones?

[kipesquire]

Because the energy required to spin the radiometer is minuscule. The panels are in a vacuum and floating on a near frictionless surface. It's a long way from that to a turbine generator or even a moped battery. Solar is terribly inefficient.

But your heart is in the right place! =)

[GetintheLake]

So get like a WHOLE BUNCH of radiometers. I mean, the kinetic energy is SO easy to create- why isn't it being used somehow? I don't suggest we power cities with it, I'm just saying...

[kipesquire]

I'm convinced that in the distant future, a few centuries or so, the midwest U.S. will be one giant windfarm. The Gulf of Mexico too, possibly.

Wind (and nuclear) are the answer, not solar.

[GetintheLake]

But... Why?

[DRNEGOLICIS]

it would be hard to link them all together and remember the out put shaft has to be sealed so no air enters the chamber unless..... they use a magnetic drive or the magnets inside the chamber and the coil outside but still it would have to be bigger than normal because the force that causes it to turn is so minuscule even to turn a magnetic wheel

[joshuajonesiscool]

The reason things like that are not happening is because nobody spends the time to figure it out, so why don't you try to figure it out for yourself, who knows mabey you will.

[Blueaveo3568]

Awesome point Ben.

[caitlynlackey]

I think you have a point. I think if we did more research on solar power we could make it work better. :)