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Key Trends of the Next 25 Years

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ramez Naam

Michell Zappa has a fascinating infographic attempting to lay out timelines for future technologies over the next 25 years. It’s an impressive job of collecting data and laying it out in a way that someone can explore. It’s worth playing … Continue reading →

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Is Moore’s Law really a fair comparison for Solar?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Ramez Naam

A reader at Scientific American raises some healthy skepticism about whether or not the exponential trend in solar watts / dollar can continue. This is a fine thing to be skeptical about.  As I mentioned in the original post, we … Continue reading →

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The Exponential Gains in Solar Power per Dollar

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Ramez Naam

My post on the Moore’s Law-like exponential gains in solar power per dollar went up at Scientific American yesterday.  Reprinting here with permission. The sun strikes every square meter of our planet with more than 1,360 watts of power.  Half … Continue reading →

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Singularity Summit Talk: The Digital Biome – Re-Engineering Life on Earth to Survive and Thrive in the 21st Century

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ramez Naam

This weekend I was at the Singularity Summit in San Francisco.   On Sunday I gave a talk called The Digital Biome – Re-Engineering Life on Earth to Survive and Thrive in the 21st Century.  (Follow the link to see … Continue reading →

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Solar Prices Drop Exponentially for 30 Years

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Ramez Naam

>FuturePundit blogs about projections for $2 a watt photovoltaics by 2010, which would be a reduction in cost of about half from today’s prices. The interesting thing in this post for me is a link to an Earth Policy Institute … Continue reading →

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A Solar Grand Plan

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Ramez Naam

>The cover story of this month’s Scientific American is a proposal to build out solar power in the US to supply 70% of the country’s electrical needs by 2050. It looks like a pretty doable plan, actually, requiring no technological … Continue reading →

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