MM,
Yes, Israel have advanced technology and also a very practical outlook to engineering. I am impressed that they already several years ago realized the hot water production with solar panels and when the rest of the world are still to a large extent only talking, they have a nation wide implementation of a "ready for use" technology. Solar heated hot water have a payback period of 3 to 5 years and a life span of 10 to 15 years. A fantastic investment and they did something about it, that is practical and professional engineering. Hakan . At 05:58 PM 7/24/2003 -0700, murdoch wrote: >Though the country is small in population, it does seem to show >evidence of technological expertise and implementation in a number of >alternative-energy areas. There is an Israel-US connection in the >corporate culture of tiny little >probably-won't-make-it-but-I-follow-them companies like Medis (ethanol >fuel cells) and I think one or two others such as ARTX (Zinc-Air >batteries, etc.) A side-note on Medis is that their Israeli engineers >are basically Jewish-Russian emigres and that some of their >innovations take advantage of what they learned working in Russia. > >Also, I seem to recall an alternative-energy conference of some sort >being held there relatively recently. > >I had a high school history teacher who, in speaking of the Middle >East, often used to point out that with Israeli technological ability >and Arab-world Natural Resources, there could be great >technological-business partnerships that could bring prosperity and >growth to all. I have kept hoping this over the years for such >situations, for example, as Saudi Arabia's inadequate electric power >situation (there was an article a few years back discussing their lack >of sufficient electric power in keeping with their growth.... dunno >how true this is any longer). I wish that folks could work together >to real mutual advantage. > > >MM > >On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 02:32:08 +0200, you wrote: > > > > >Israel is advanced in implementation of hot water production with solar > >panels. If you have been in Israel, it is almost on every house a combined > >hot water deposit with a solar panel. The techniques are not superior, but > >the common implementation is. Because of geographical location and > >abundance of sun, the panels as such can be somewhat simpler and the cost > >comparative low. Israel is already exporting this solar units to other > >countries. Israel have recently installed more and more PV technology for > >natural reasons, but they are of the type with 11% efficiency and as far as > >I can understand, it is imported technology from US. > > > >Hakan > > > >At 04:42 PM 7/24/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >>This could long have been realized as a point of competitive pride between > >>the Arabs and the Israelis. > >> > >>There's plenty of sunshine there - much of the time. The business > >>prospects of perfecting the technologies there and then exporting superior > >>solar technologies to the rest of the world are outstanding. > >> > >>Israel seems to be quite advanced in this area. > >>Is sharing these advanced but decentralized technologies (mutually) > >>advantageous? > >> > >>msc > >> > >>Barbara Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>Does anyone know of a campaign to restore electric power in Iraq with > >>solar panels? > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free shipping on all inkjet cartridge & refill kit orders to US & Canada. Low prices up to 80% off. We have your brand: HP, Epson, Lexmark & more. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5510 http://us.click.yahoo.com/GHXcIA/n.WGAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
