Tower of Power

http://www.power-technology.com/projects/Seville-Solar-Tower/

this is awesome, i hear there's one going up soon in australia (whofuckingcares) and nevada somewhere. my only question, as a dumbshit american, is

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Estimated Investment - around €1,200m

is that 1,200,000 or 1,200,000,000? (1.2 million or 1.2 billion?)

1.2 Billion. Do you know how those fucking things work?!!

They've been around for ages. James May even did a show about it for christ sake.

If only Tesla would have won the battle against Edison , we would've have all these fucking energy problems.

i know the idea has been around, but was unaware of anything of this scale.

shut up boxing day

  On 5/21/2010 at 7:32 PM, Boxing Day said:

If only Tesla would have won the battle against Edison , we would've have all these fucking energy problems.

tesla was probably TOO FUCKING FAT and STUPID to get his SHIT together

FUCKING YANKS

[eats 3 sausages]

  On 5/21/2010 at 7:32 PM, Boxing Day said:

If only Tesla would have won the battle against Edison , we would've have all these fucking energy problems.

Oh ye? Run that one by me would ye.

  On 5/21/2010 at 7:33 PM, theSun said:

i know the idea has been around, but was unaware of anything of this scale.

 

shut up boxing day

The mirrors are sick and need constant attention, needless to say they aint no ordinary mirrors. There's one in Spain as far as I'm aware. The temperature at the water tower is.....fucking HOT.

The mirrors need to be clean of dust to get max efficiency and you cant just run a hose over 'em like. There's also analysis of the sun position so they move and other stuff to deal with. I hear the output is wicked sick though. Few a these in a the Sahara or somewhere and the world would be sorted.