Re: Water companies in England
If covering the sides of buildings with solar panels was a good idea, people would already be doing so. They don't because, although it is an /obvious/ idea, it is not a /good/ idea.
Coming down out of the trees wasnt a good idea either, but the trees died off so we had to learn to walk upright..
Solar windows probably sits somewhere on Dabbsies hierarchy of stupid ideas, but it is being done
website at www.solarwindow.com/
All arguments about the poor geometry of window based solar collectors can be countered by -So what else are you doing with that space??
Then it comes down to economics, and that is something that will always start off terrible, and improve with technological advances and manufacturing scale.
as an aside, when solar PV first emerged, people used to joke about solar powered flashlights. Now they are just another item in camping catalogues.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
