It's been quite a while and i am not really sure i am going to keep this blog active but i have been feeling for a while like I should be doing a blog again. There are so many things I would like to get off my chest since my last update almost 3 years ago. 

1) Kudos to me and really everyone. One of my last posts was about global warming and how we should have Intel develop new car batteries to stop the influx of CO2 thereby stopping global warming. Well it looks like someone read my blog because i am happy to report that in a funny way my idea came true. The real fact is that car emissions are not the main source of global warming and in my haste I never researched before i posted so I didn't find out until later that heating oil from homes is the largest cause of global warming. To get to the point William Yuan, a 12 year old boy from Oregon, has developed a new type of three dimensional solar panel which absorbs 500 times more energy than traditional solar panels and 10 times and much as state of the art solar panels.

The real kicker here is that William Yuan is the son of two Intel engineers! Talk about calling that one!

To me this means that if every house that heated with solar panels now replaces them and installs these new panels that they can then power their house and 499 other houses in their neighborhood. Now this might not be a practical equation but theoretically people who install these panels could pump the excess electricity back into their power grid for a profit. 

The real global solution here would be to take his technology and combine it with nanotechnology to create a solar absorbing roofing material which could be used instead of shingles or traditional roofing material.  The government could offer tax incentives for installing this new material existing homes and new construction. These homes could then pump their excess electricity into the power grid and help significantly reduce the use of unclean methods of producing electricity. The electric company would also compensate them for the electricity they pump back into the grid which would also help cover the costs of the panels.

Obviously this would create an unbelievable amount of clean energy in the US. Think of a new development of a 100 houses in the suburbs all built this way. They could effectively have a totally clean positive energy contribution to their communities power grid. They could be using electricity for a 100 houses and generating enough clean electricity to power 500 homes.

 This is particularly import when you think of developing third world countries where electricity is not available. Many of these countries are developing and use extremely dirty means to produce what electric they can. Imagine that from now on that all new construction in all developing companies could use such a material for their homes. Now this material could be bringing clean energy and electricity to power lights, hot water, stoves, wifi internet access, refrigeration,  and yes MTV to the masses.. Third world countries would immediately have access to all current technology and would be immediately on track to develop ultra clean energy efficient communities. 

We are talking about reducing the carbon output of the entire globe by 50% as well as bringing every developing country into the 21st century. 

It would be without  a doubt the most universally important product  for global development.