I am cool with robots, I see cool animations of future robots all the time, like this one :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzHaD5bg2s On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Way cool video. > > > > The robots are solar powered as well. This is not all that "futuristic" > IMO, but a near-term solution to cleaning mirrors - and probably another > reason why Google hired Ray Kurzweil. Robots could be on-the-way for all we > know, given the reputation of Google. > > > > I have to agree with Stewart on one point: that distributed power of any > kind would be better, if it were feasible. > > > > However, photovoltaics are too expensive in the USA. LENR is about the > only option that seems to work best as a distributed system, but will it be > delayed? > > > > If LENR is delayed -perhaps the next step can be analyzed this way. > > 1) When wind is available it is preferable and the lowest cost - go > with VAWT first even for small installations. > > 2) There are not many great wind sites, so distributed solar is not a > bad choice but photovoltaics are still not a great option due to > installation cost. > > 3) Photovoltaic installation cost exceeds hardware cost in many places. > > 4) Distributed solar thermal without steam - would be ideal if there > was a good converter, and there is - but it isn't available yet. It could > probably be self-installed, but that technology is not here. > > 5) This free piston Stirling looks like the best of all non LENR > solutions if it could be mass produced like an auto engine: > http://www.qnergy.com/-overview > > > > *From:* Jed Rothwell > > > > Show me the robots driving through that desert Jed, washing those > 350,000 + mirrors. > > > > Here, let me Google that for you: > > > Autonomous Electrostatic Heliostat Cleaning Robot > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMgW-VFvzRs > > There are many other robotic heliostat cleaners in arid and desert areas > already in operation. They have been in operation for years. > > > > - Jed > > >
