[Its.an.education.project] Energy alternatives (comes from ''Ivan's latest blog entry on OLPC'')

[Edward Cherlin]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:22 AM,  <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
>> In Peru, my country, there is rain 5 months by year, totally cloudy, day
>> after day.  Just 2 or 3 hours with some sun.  So, according to the
>> manufacturers, all solar panels can just provide from 5% to 20% of its
>> normal capacity (normal capacity is got in a full sunny day).
>
> See http://www.oksolar.com/abctech/solar-radiation.htm
> Peru doesnt look too bad in its worst month

It's suggestive, but we need to see the methodology and the source
data. It's too easy to mislead with pictures of statistics.

> _______________________________________________
> Its.an.education.project mailing list
> Its.an.education.project at tema.lo-res.org
> http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project
>



-- 
Edward Cherlin
End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay