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JC5123

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This is a pretty cool video.
« on: November 03, 2011, 08:39:23 AM »
This just goes to show the ingenuity of some people to better the world around them.

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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 08:45:28 AM »
That guy should get rich. Its a brilliant (no pun intended) idea, and has so many possible applications in the third world and here (once you upgrade a bit from the soda bottle). I hope someone helped him patent the idea. Probably not though. :-\
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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2011, 03:26:29 PM »
So, the bottles are mini-skylights.

The filtered water is so it will be clear for best light transmission and the bleach is to keep it clear.

Now all he needs is to come up with a clear phosphorescent liquid that will stay clear in the plastic bottle....and one that will glow for 12 hours too.
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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2011, 06:26:29 PM »
That's so "Green" I'll bet Hussein would lend him $3 or $4 MILLION easy! I'll bet he keeps his doors open longer than Solyndra.

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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2011, 07:48:15 PM »
That's so "Green" I'll bet Hussein would lend him $3 or $4 MILLION easy! I'll bet he keeps his doors open longer than Solyndra.

Yeah...he should be very successful unless he gets tied into having to buy his empty 2 liter bottles through the US government at $157 each.
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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2011, 02:57:44 PM »
Yeah...he should be very successful unless he gets tied into having to buy his empty 2 liter bottles through the US government at $157 each.
How long before Reid tries to mandate the things...
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Re: This is a pretty cool video.
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2011, 04:38:06 PM »
Similar things have been done. 

Where a "real" skylight is impractical because of the distance from the ceiling to the roof , smaller ones (think canister light size) have been installed with some type of lens at the roof and a fiber optic type conduit to the ceiling fixture. 

You can see some  here   http://www.solatube.com/

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