Comments on: Solar Energy from Butterfly Wings?

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:24:35 +0000

Dear Ilan,
I understand your concerning about aeroplanes but please consider that if we save use of oil in electricity production and we develop bio-fuel we will be still able to fly….
It is very important to learn to reduce our need of energy from not renewable sources, and also reduce our energy consumption.

By: Viraco4a

Viraco4a — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:15:31 +0000

It’s clear that all types of renewable energy technologies are the long-term key to the surviving of the humanity. And I’m very pleased, that there are scientist looking in the nature for the solutions they seek (the butterfly in this case).

By: natureguide

natureguide — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:23:15 +0000

Yes. All this new technology research stuff may seem interesting and helpful. But another drawback is that the amount of consumption of the whole world can not compete with the little amount of renewable energy.There should be more ways of conserving energy worldwide. We should start by educating other countries and people so that even the world population will become aware of the consequences. Thus the contribution of the people will also help in conserving more energy. The US may should take an example.

By: Shashi Phadke

Shashi Phadke — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:12:36 +0000

I agree with Jos Conil. Every step we are taking towards improving any technology in alternative fuel field is always going to be a small step and such small steps cumulatively make a major advance everybody applauds. I don’t think it is reasonable to look for solar energy to provide solution for fueling aircrafts; problem in fueling aircrafts is in transportability of the fuel. You cannot carry energy for aircrafts in batteries.

By: Jos Conil

Jos Conil — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:24:05 +0000

But only years of experiments and painstaking research yield workable solutions.There’s no instant shortcut solutions. The evolution of many things which we take for granted now, including Aeroplanes testify to this fact. So I feel that the research in the frield of solar and all other alternate energy needs the patronage of our society.

Solar energy may not be the one stop solution for every energy need, especially for a high energy field like the airplane. One promising development in aviation field the floating aircraft concept developed by Mr. Hunt http://www.fuellessflight.com, but it is still a long way to go for this technology to come of age. We’ll have to wait till then.

By: Naeem

Naeem — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:52:24 +0000

We are certainly in need of some extensive research in field of Solar energy. Clean energy, without fossil fuels, is gaining more and more importance. And i don’t think there is any better solution than Solar energy, but NOT in its present technological state. Solar Cell technology can become the best option for future, only if

a) It can accomodate large scale energy production and
b)It can be developed into something more cheaper and Cost efficient

It is good to see the researches going on exploring new aspects of Solar energy, as it may help us to achieve both of above goals.

By: ilan

ilan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:18:20 +0000

I think it’s great that solar energy investigations are occurring, but here’s the deal: solar energy is not enough to power a 300 person plane. By how the world is doing right now, we don’t need experiments, we need solutions, and fast. I think that towards aircraft, solar energy is not the way to go. Maybe some other type of fuel, like ethanol maybe?