Um, hi?

[originalpckelly]

Do you think I'm hot?

I want you to USE ME!

:P

You may not be into big girls, but I guarantee once you go solar, you never go back!

I mean, I do have a problem with emitting wind, but trust me, you won't notice that too much.

Is it a date?

[WinkyDink]

1. You're HOT!

[liberal N proud]

2. Brilliant

You need to sell that idea as an ad campaign to the solar industry

[LaurenG]

3. *licks finger* Yep - sizzling hot and I'd love to use you! nt

[originalpckelly]

5. I'm bright too!

And you know, coal may be easy, but she's smokes like a chimney.
And natural gas will frac you over big time.
And don't even get me started on oil, if you think I have a problem with wind, she's definitely got a problem with gas.

[LaurenG]

13. awesome!

And very clever! :thumbsup:

[geardaddy]

34. I think you've got a great ad campaign there!

:applause:

[chill_wind]

40. :-) K & R. You are goooood!!

[snappyturtle]

4. YES! I understand that nuclear is only 20% of our power. Why can't wind

and solar do that much AND more?

[originalpckelly]

7. The future of humanity is harvesting the energy of the sun, like the rest of life on Earth.

Just about all other land based life uses the sun, fuck we even use the sun to live. Why not just use it in a good way for power?

Wind and direct solar are actually both solar power!

[el_bryanto]

12. What is the efficiency like these days? n/t

[originalpckelly]

17. For organic photovoltaics only 8%, for inorganic 21% AND AND AND!!!!

For a cool new technology called concentrated photovoltaics...drum roll please...41%!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, that's the way to go.

Concentration is the cheapest smartest idea for any solar power system, because you can lower materials costs. You have to track the sun with regular fields of photovoltaics, but with concentration, so there's no loss there. This way, you track the sun and reflect energy on to a centrally located photovoltaic.

The best strategy is concentration, and the numbers bear it out!

[8 track mind]

61. 41%????

Damn, not bad! Not bad at all!

[Tsiyu]

6. Hey!

I thought the sun was a boy!


Maybe it's bi-radiant so we can all share? :shrug:

[originalpckelly]

8. Oh no baby, I'm all woman! And I prefer pan-sexual!

:P

[siligut]

9. If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know . . .

We could sure use a little of your hot stuff here in the NW right now. I know it is the cloud's fault, I am not blaming you sweetheart. Solar and wind power! YES!

[originalpckelly]

10. It's like always her fault...

she's always getting in my way!

AND I'm the one who made her!

Can you believe that?

[IrishEyes]

37. I really like your picture with the cats hugging.

[siligut]

46. I believe the caption was "Mommy wuvs you."

I am glad you like it, I do too, makes me happy when I see it.

[Uben]

11. Sorry, I already have a sun and a daughter......

.....but you do have a certain "flare".

[lbrtbell]

14. Now, that's MY kind of radiation!

And might I say that your flares are looking especially lovely today?

[Lefta Dissenter]

15. "You Light Up My Life,

You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song"

and if you could actually hear me try to sing this right now, still battling laryngitis, you'd likely push me off the nearest bridge.

Really, the only reason I posted this is that now that I have this earworm, I wanted to share in the agony! :D

[Lint Head]

16. I love your sunny disposition.

[mmonk]

18. Can't get any hotter.

[jtrockville]

19. C'mon baby light my fire!

[hootinholler]

20. But I can't use you all night long n/t

[SaveAmerica]

21. And I need you now tonight, and I need you more than ever...Total eclipse of the heart

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

22. And I'm the sibling.

[beac]

23. You're just as pretty as your sister!

And a girl of quite regular habits, from what i've heard. ;)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. ?

[beac]

47. I just meant that your post showed an option that looks

equally as attractive as solar and has the advantage of being constant (i.e. tide goes in/out every day, whereas solar can suffer when the skies are cloudy.)

Guess my attempt to carry through the "good-looking" energy sources theme fell a little flat. :)

[originalpckelly]

28. You just think you can come and go as you please?

:rofl:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

31. Mods! Move to Lounge!

:grr:

[Cleita]

30. Wave energy from our coasts.

http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/wave/index.cfm

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

32. It's not waves, it's tides. nt

[Cleita]

35. That's what they are calling it. Don't kill the messenger.

btw I live by the beach and the tides come in with waves. Just sayin'.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

36. You can't explain that!

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/370183/january-06-2011/bill-o-reilly-proves-god-s-existence---neil-degrasse-tyson

[suffragette]

33. The hot sun's cool sister and wind's their breezy cousin.

All look good in my book.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Wait ... What?!?!

[11 Bravo]

24. Sorry, but that corona makes your ass look fat.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. Lemme guess.....

Your name is Sunny?

[Mnemosyne]

26. K&R for the hottie. n/t

[a la izquierda]

29. I can't wait to buy a house...

so I can put big, sexy solar panels on my roof. Yippee!!! (I'm serious, my husband and I are already investigating the cost, types, etc)

[webdiva]

38. hehehe

:)

[ReggieVeggie]

41. Sorry, but you use nuclear power

can't have that!

[Shagbark Hickory]

42. hilarious.

+1

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Actually space stations might be able to use SOLAR WIND

and solar sails are now a proven concept

:-)

[DeSwiss]

44. Hahahahaha!!!!

- K&R

[Kurovski]

45. Very cute.

Goofy, and I needed that.

Thanks, guy. K&R

[Swampguana]

48. Big hot girls like you

make my skin turn red!

[DireStrike]

49. NO NUCLEAR POWER!

Fission just isn't working out, sweetie. Fusion seems like a step I'm just not ready to take.

[OwnedByFerrets]

50. Repugs don't like bright girls

[Beartracks]

51. Awesome! Reminds me of this...

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[think4yourself]

52. You are AWESOME !

Probably my favorite quote:

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that." -- Thomas Edison, 1931

[Plucketeer]

53. SOLAR ENERGY?

BRILLIANT IDEA!

[immoderate]

54. Are those prominances?

Or are you just glad to see me?

--imm

[bmbmd]

55. Just keep on using me

until you use me up.

[sce56]

56. A couple of months ago our new regional VP while talking to us about our companies direction!

I had to hold back a laugh when he talked about how in the future there will be windmills and solar panels on peoples homes and they would still need our gas fired plant for those peak times when the sun was not shining and the wind was still.

My home has



A Wind Generator &



Solar Panels

[wickerwoman]

57. Sure, you're hot now... but will you still respect me in 5 billion years?

:P

[valerief]

58. But, but, but how do we handle a solar panel crisis???

Isn't that dangerous?

Almost as dangerous as a wind turbine crisis.

[8 track mind]

59. I live in west texas

Wind farms everywhere out here. The worst accident we've had so far is lightning nailing one of the blades on the turbine. Made front page news here in a little town of 10,000. They replaced the melted blade and it's back up and running. Hell, during very windy days they cant run half of the turbines because the power lines don't have enough capacity. They are in the process of upgrading and installing new lines. There is hardly a time that the wind does not blow here.

[valerief]

60. But what do you do with the wind waste material?

:sarcasm:

Thanks for giving an example of why we need more wind energy, not nuclear energy.

[8 track mind]

62. not really sure what to do with it. It realy blows you know.

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

63. I hope you don't get a big old sun spot right before our date.

You could use Clearasol, though.

Ba da bing!

[defendandprotect]

64. Should be a date -- if we have any common sense!! Love it!!