Salt: The Key to Successful Solar Power


	Salt: The Key to Successful Solar Power

urbanlife

1-14-2008 2:05 PM

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solar power, salt, solar reserve, electricity

urbanlife says:

SolarReserve will be able to produce electricity at night or in inclement weather.

This product is more predictable than water reserves, the supply is free and inexhaustible, and the environmental impact is essentially zero.

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