Comments on: How Far Could $68B Go in Securing Our Energy Independence? Pretty Damn Far.

By: Iraq war spending vs. spending on renewable energy

Iraq war spending vs. spending on renewable energy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:50:11 +0000

[...] That $2,000,000,000,000? Well, that amount of money could’ve built solar thermal plants here that would have provided energy for 2/3rds of our nation’s energy demand. [...]

By: 3 Reasons why the Sun blows my mind

3 Reasons why the Sun blows my mind — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:05:56 +0000

[...] That is a MASSIVE amount of electricity. For example, just see how far using $68B to develop solar thermal plants would go to securing our energy independence. [...]

By: Dan Hahn

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:21:41 +0000

Thanks for the compliment Anas! Good luck with the rest of your research and your extended efforts to power up Iraq. Keep us posted and be safe!

Cheers,

- Dan

By: Anas

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:37:55 +0000

That’s a very good article. I just stumbled upon this article because I’m researching everything about Solar so that I can start shipping Solar water heaters, Solar PV and other items to Iraq to sell it there and have the Iraqi people enjoy more electricity because they only get about 4 hours of electricity a day from the national grid and the rest is from generators that adds to the pollution and sound noise in the neighborhoods. The electricity situation in Iraq is horrible, I know because I’ve been working in Iraq for the past 4 years as a contractor with the Army and although the Army has some micro funds that do support the Solar initiatives, it’s minuscule compared to the general use for the population because it’s only deployed at already safe areas and smaller scale. It’s amazing how old is this article yet getting so much buzz…thank you.

By: Fun, Games With George, Dick and Condie

Fun, Games With George, Dick and Condie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:40:16 +0000

[...] Well, that amount of money could’ve built solar thermal plants here that would have provided energy for 2/3rds of our nation’s energy demand. [...]

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:16:13 +0000

[...] Well, that amount of money could’ve built solar thermal plants here that would have provided energy for 2/3rds of our nation’s energy demand. [...]

By: Iraq war spending vs. spending on renewable energy

Iraq war spending vs. spending on renewable energy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:40:06 +0000

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By: kayla stutler

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:31:52 +0000

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By: Stephon

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:51:56 +0000

I for one am appalled at how much (or how little to be more precise) solar technology has advanced. I tell this one phrase to every intelligent person I converse with and I hope you will repeat it; THE SUN IS OUR PLANET’S SOLE SOURCE OF ENERGY. Bar none. Period. Without the sun this planet would not exist to begin with. So why not invest in harnessing this awesome, virtually limitless supply of energy. Current PV technology has terrible efficiency levels, but that’s not because technology has peaked. I would personally say that our biggest priority would be to research this part of energy production even further to bring PV down to a reasonable cost/efficiency relationship.

By: J. Altman

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:19:25 +0000

I’m as appalled by the cost of the Iraq war as anyone, but you exaggerate the impact of the war on the national debt. The debt was already around $4 trillion when the war started.