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	<title>Comments on: If the Cylons made solar panels, the panels would assemble themselves</title>
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		<title>By: tas laptop</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/09/10/if-the-cylons-made-solar-panels-the-panels-would-assemble-themselves/#comment-3333</link>
		<dc:creator>tas laptop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the internet will be much more usefull than ever before.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the internet will be much more usefull than ever before.</p>
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		<title>By: montre automatique</title>
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		<dc:creator>montre automatique</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there! Great stuff, please do inform me when you post again something similar!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there! Great stuff, please do inform me when you post again something similar!</p>
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		<title>By: Delois Negroni</title>
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		<dc:creator>Delois Negroni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I read your article.The things you have written sound very sincere and nice topics i am looking forward to its  continuation. Many of us don&#039;t know about this event. Your post is helpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read your article.The things you have written sound very sincere and nice topics i am looking forward to its  continuation. Many of us don&#8217;t know about this event. Your post is helpful.</p>
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		<title>By: CW</title>
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		<dc:creator>CW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;If the ‘chaos theory’ is correct and the beating of a butterfly’s wings on the other side of the world changes weather where we’re at&quot;

I don&#039;t think it&#039;s valid to take an analogy of a thought experiment hypothesis and make it into a premise for an argument?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If the ‘chaos theory’ is correct and the beating of a butterfly’s wings on the other side of the world changes weather where we’re at&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s valid to take an analogy of a thought experiment hypothesis and make it into a premise for an argument?</p>
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		<title>By: Piter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Piter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think so. It sounds like the assembled structure is the most energetically stable form of the components. After the energy input of a photon(s) knocks the components apart (and into a higher-energy state) they simply return to their (lower-energy) assembled state, probably losing the excess energy in the form of heat.

For the non-chemists out there, the light which breaks apart the solar generator is like an arm throwing a ball into the air. Where does the energy come from to return the ball to the earth? It was added to the ball in the form of gravitational potential energy by the arm that threw it. When the ball returns to the ground, much of that energy is given off as heat and sound.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think so. It sounds like the assembled structure is the most energetically stable form of the components. After the energy input of a photon(s) knocks the components apart (and into a higher-energy state) they simply return to their (lower-energy) assembled state, probably losing the excess energy in the form of heat.</p>
<p>For the non-chemists out there, the light which breaks apart the solar generator is like an arm throwing a ball into the air. Where does the energy come from to return the ball to the earth? It was added to the ball in the form of gravitational potential energy by the arm that threw it. When the ball returns to the ground, much of that energy is given off as heat and sound.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Able to reassemble themselves AND with no loss of efficiency? That would solve many problems and worries about the future of solar energy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Able to reassemble themselves AND with no loss of efficiency? That would solve many problems and worries about the future of solar energy.</p>
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		<title>By: William</title>
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		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We must construct additional Pylons.. err Cylons</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We must construct additional Pylons.. err Cylons</p>
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		<title>By: Wicker Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wicker Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, let&#039;s start putting up solar panels every where.

We already know that tall buildings in cities change the local weather patterns. Is that good or bad?

If the  &#039;chaos theory&#039; is correct and the beating of a butterfly&#039;s wings on the other side of the world changes weather where we&#039;re at, what will be the consequence of absorbing the sunlight and heat that normally hits the earth or is reflected back into the atmosphere?

The simple fact of the matter is that we don&#039;t know and like most &#039;state of the art&#039; hair brained ideas that are proffered by politicians or governments, someone stands to make  loads of cash and someone stands to lose loads. It&#039;s usually the little guy that stoopitly! accepts what everyone in the government and media tell us we must.

Besides, this research is decades away from becoming reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, let&#8217;s start putting up solar panels every where.</p>
<p>We already know that tall buildings in cities change the local weather patterns. Is that good or bad?</p>
<p>If the  &#8216;chaos theory&#8217; is correct and the beating of a butterfly&#8217;s wings on the other side of the world changes weather where we&#8217;re at, what will be the consequence of absorbing the sunlight and heat that normally hits the earth or is reflected back into the atmosphere?</p>
<p>The simple fact of the matter is that we don&#8217;t know and like most &#8216;state of the art&#8217; hair brained ideas that are proffered by politicians or governments, someone stands to make  loads of cash and someone stands to lose loads. It&#8217;s usually the little guy that stoopitly! accepts what everyone in the government and media tell us we must.</p>
<p>Besides, this research is decades away from becoming reality.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, now we   need to start roofing everyone&#039;s houses with these things so that they provide energy for their own air conditioning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, now we   need to start roofing everyone&#8217;s houses with these things so that they provide energy for their own air conditioning.</p>
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		<title>By: solinkable.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>solinkable.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Solar panels that assemble themselves...&lt;/strong&gt;

The research solves a significant problem in the shift toward solar power, that of degradation. Even silicon solar panels lose efficiency over time as solar radiation breaks down its components. ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Solar panels that assemble themselves&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>The research solves a significant problem in the shift toward solar power, that of degradation. Even silicon solar panels lose efficiency over time as solar radiation breaks down its components. &#8230;</p>
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