The wash vehicles kick up a lot of dust - job security :) On Wednesday, March 5, 2014, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe nanobots can remove the dust :-) . > > > > BTW: I've lived in the Sonoran Desert for many years. The undisturbed > desert floor is covered in a patina (varnish) and there's almost > > no dust. It takes many decades for that to form. Driving vehicles on it > ruins it and then there's lots of fine dust. > > > > If the builders had been careful, maybe they could have avoided disturbing > that. Maybe there's an artificial way to put it back. > > You'd have to keep the "off roader's" at bay. > > > > Hoyt Stearns > > Scottsdale, Arizona US > > > > > > *From:* ChemE Stewart > [mailto:[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:41 AM > *To:* [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Photos of the Ivanpah solar electric generating system > > > > Solar panels and mirrors need to be cleaned almost daily if efficiencies > are to stay where they need to be. Dust is not transparent, so even just > one gram of dust per square meter of solar panel area can reduce efficiency > by around 40 > percent<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14786450500291834#.UbIQLWRATzc>. > At that rate, it doesn't take long in a dusty desert for the problem to > become intractable..... > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. > >
