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[pening]

I'm not an expert, but this is an area of pet interest.  There are many problems with solar (and other renewable) energy, problems that very large industry and lobbying groups with vast budgets have failed to resolve.  In Europe there is a great deal of solar energy but most (i.e. north of the med) its subsidised because the panels just aren't efficient enough and cost so much to produce. 

For substantial applications they don't produce very useful current either, so you really have to either store energy for lighting (expensive batteries) or tie to the grid so that the network can use your trickle to offset a few rpm on a gas turbine elsewhere in the grid. 

[serenitys]

This is an amazing concept - so definitely look into crowdfunding, kickstarter and those options.

A month or three ago there was something going around on facebook about a city/town in Colorado I believe, who basically went up against the power company with a proposal to take the whole city/town to solar and green tech. If anyone remembers that please remind me. Anyway setting up a proposal for smaller locales and communities to do this would probably be way easier than a massive national campaign...and others would follow suit. The reason is that it gives the power to the states and local jurisdictions outside of federal hands.

Definitely keeping an eye on this. I'd love to be deeper involved so will read up on what you've shared. This is another awesome idea though so +1

ETA

This! found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1qCf-ohOQ

As for solar, just heard about the peel and stick cells

http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/18/stanford-group-successfully-fabricates-peel-and-stick-solar-cells/

and an older one which sounds really great in theory

http://singularityhub.com/2009/01/06/solar-power-game-changer-near-perfect%E2%80%9D-absorption-of-sunlight-from-all-angles/

[ThePurplePlanet]

If the project is off grid off internet would a wallet like this make sense? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=321085.0 . It is offline and instant.

Maybe you can contact the dev if that is a solution. Is it project funded/crowdfunded?

Pair the project with this technology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKrxx772hU  and you get an unstoppable decentralized energy system

[jbreher]

A month or three ago there was something going around on facebook about a city/town in Colorado I believe, who basically went up against the power company with a proposal to take the whole city/town to solar and green tech.
This! found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1qCf-ohOQ

Unmitigated bullshit. I live in an adjoining community. It is true that Boulder voters voted to relieve Xcel of their power generation and distribution property. However, Boulder has no workable plan (i.e. other than meaningless hand waving and broad generalizations) to produce power in any cleaner manner than previous.

[BitDreams]

Great idea! I'm of the opinion that every device with a mac address is a potential wallet.

[ipnone5only]

I'm pretty sure that Solar Roadways are the near future!

[serenitys]

I agree on solar roadways...but getting psychopathic politicians out of the mix is going to be a challenge.

The witricity link is phenomenal...truly phenomenal.