Comments on: Tired Of Your Solar Panel? Eat It!

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:43:00 +0000

Castor beans grow well in parts of the US. If they turn out to be a good source of raw materials for resin then we can farm ourselves a load.

I suspect we don’t grow them in quantity because we just don’t use a lot of castor oil any longer.

By: Richard Fenneman

Richard Fenneman — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:58:00 +0000

This is an interesting concept. This is just another reason to add more solar energy into the energy mix. Solar will solve our energy problems if we can adapt and adopt.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:10:00 +0000

thanks for pointing that out, it’s covered in the section about why castor isn’t a popular crop in the U.S. (at least not for now)

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:09:00 +0000

fixed, tx!

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:07:00 +0000

tx for pointing that out, that’s covered in the section about why castor is rarely grown in the U.S.

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:54:00 +0000

If you like I can avoid buying US products to cut down on the amount the US imports.

By: UKGary

UKGary — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:38:00 +0000

You missed mentioning the fact that using bio-backsheet will allow delivery of more kWh per kW peak as solar cells running at lower temperatures are more efficient. (heat is shed faster through the back of the panel so cells run cooler)

By: vetxcl

vetxcl — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:17:00 +0000

The beans are NOT produced in the US, so there’s the same problem of IMPORTING key features.

By: vetxcl

vetxcl — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:15:00 +0000

First paragraph needs editing. A ‘not’ should be included.