Red Green solves Peak Oil

[phantom power]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJrjDI5xSQ

[Greyskye]

1. I haven't checked the link yet...

...but does it involve Duct Tape?

[phantom power]

2. Mmmmm..... maybe.

:evilgrin:

[Greyskye]

4. "and the corn just keeps on coming"

:rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. That was my first thought too LOL

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. This only sounds like Red Green

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=79113

Could blue jean dye and white house paint solve the energy crisis?

by Shannon Bond
Feb 21, 2008

Imagine coating the roof of your house with a paint that absorbs energy from the sun – and lets you use that energy to power your television, computer or toaster.

Northwestern chemistry professor Mark Ratner hopes that one day you’ll be able to do just that with a can of paint he calls “a battery in a jar.”

The technology would use tiny nanostructures to convert sunlight into energy, similarly to the process of photosynthesis in plants.

It’s just one application of nanotechnology to the energy problem, Ratner said Wednesday night at the monthly Science Café event in Evanston. His talk covered the science behind innovations that could provide clean and efficient energy alternatives.

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(There's a video at this link too.)