April 25th, 2010
I’m finally going to bring my project into the open
When I read the papers and watch the science channel on the TV, I get really depressed. It seems that everyone in town has some pet project that they’ve been working on in secret in the garage or under the bed. All of a sudden they leak a bit of publicity about it. Then they go to the “market”, wherever that is, raise millions in seed money and venture capital funds, but a new car and half dozen laptops and the next day they are listed on the NYSE and drowning in money.
What have they done?
At first it looks like nothing, but then the facts start emerging. They have developed a new kind of a hole for a bagel, or a thin candle for a cake that burns for 2 years without changing the battery – you get it, an unwanted, impossible non-saleable item and they are rich, rich, rich. So why can’t I do the same?
Here’s my secret plan
You and I look at it everyday. The difference is that I laugh when I see it. It’s called solar energy, green energy, non-fossil fuel energy, clean energy; it’s all the same stuff. It’s made from the sun. Somehow you have a scheme to capture the light or the heat of the sun, and convert it to electricity. Sounds easy and it actually is.
Solar energy
If you are lazy, you buy some solar PV panels which are made in different countries around the world, and you fix them to the roof of your house so they are facing the sun for as many hours as possible. These panels will convert, without you doing anything, the sunlight to 12 volt electricity. The panels are expensive but a series of Payday Loans will take care of that. You then take another couple of Cash Advance Loans and buy an inverter, connect up the wires and you will convert that 12 volt electricity to 120 volts and be able to run your household lights and appliances off it.
The problem
Now we get to the gritty part. The sun will set at the end of the day and that electricity that you were so excited about when the sun was shining, is no more. And now we have arrived at my project – the one I am taking Cash Advance Loans for – I am going to develop a storage system for the solar energy so we can use it at night and on cloudy days.
I’m not the first
I am certainly not the first person in the world to tackle this problem; it’s been going around ever since solar energy was first thought of. But someone has to crack it – why not me? What’s involved here is some really creative thinking, like beaming the solar energy up to the moon, keeping it there during the day and bringing it back at night. Simple, huh?

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