Thoughts for the day | stonysleep.com

As some of you may know i’ve had a few days vacation, and naturally while i’m away i tend to slow down, and during that time i often start thinking more
The last real break i had last christmas i had so many thoughts flooding through my mind i couldnt sleep, and that was a concept for a future web page i came up with. But as with all my web page concepts they are both a full time job and require me to learn programming that i dont know enough about.

But anyways, this holiday i was plagued by a concept that i’m sure i’ve heard asked before, and that i think about more while i’m at our holiday destination on the Venetian Lido suburb of Malamocco. And it was:

The water levels are rising as a consequence of global, and physics tells us that as we put objects in water the water is displaced in the ratio of mass/density. So, what would happen if we removed all the boats currently in the oceans and seas? Would the water level drop and by how much?

I wouldnt know where to begin to answer this question, nor whether anyone has attempted it

The second thought i started pondering me was on my way back from the airport yesterday when i got back to the UK. On the train i saw the many roofs that there are. It got me thinking, how many roofs worth of solar panels, combined with other environmentally friendly power such as tidal, wind and HEP would it take to meet the energy requirements of the UK? Are there enough roofs? If not what would be the shortfall? How much would it cost? Could money be saved in the longrun with all the complex taxing for governments who’s countries emit too much CO2?

But there you go, that’s what’s on my mind

5 thoughts on “Thoughts for the day”

Interesting questions you have, Stony! I don’t know about the boats but solar energy is researchable. I found these links:
â€¢ Heating your Building with Solar Energy
â€¢ Up with the Sun: Solar Energy and Agriculture
â€¢ SRP EarthWise Solar Energy

Now things to take into account. It depends on what amount of sunshine you can get. I heard that now solar panels are sensitive enough that even on a cloudy day it can take a certain amount of energy in its storage. Also, even if the amount is sufficient to be self-reliable as an energy source, its contribution is likely to make you use other types of energy like electricity and gas. So you end up saving money, and you help the environmental cause by the same token.

I heard some people here who have added a few panels on their *gasp* bungalow’s rooftop and it cuts the heating costs for sure. By how much? This I cannot recall but everything is relative to your energy consumption habits, the amount of sunshine you can get and the newness or not of your solar panels i.e. newer ones are more efficient than older ones.

Hope this helps. 🙂