Friday, October 17, 2008

Alternative Energies Update

It turns out cylindrical solar panels have a major advantage over flat panels: they're much cheaper to mount because they capture energy from all directions (capturing reflected light) and thus don't need mechanisms to track the sun. Just lay them on a rooftop and you're set:

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2187/83/

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