Comments on: Sustainability in Your Back Yard: SunTable http://www.greenyourdecor.com/549/sustainability-at-its-best-suntable/ Your guide to stylish, sustainable decorating! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: chris nangle http://www.greenyourdecor.com/549/sustainability-at-its-best-suntable/#comment-5509 chris nangle Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:45:48 +0000 http://www.greenyourdecor.com/?p=549#comment-5509 I think it is a great idea for a rented property or one whos neightbours object to a solar panel being put on a the side of the house or the roof. I think it is a great idea for a rented property or one whos neightbours object to a solar panel being put on a the side of the house or the roof.

]]> By: james http://www.greenyourdecor.com/549/sustainability-at-its-best-suntable/#comment-173 james Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:22:39 +0000 http://www.greenyourdecor.com/?p=549#comment-173 Even with solar panels on the roof, Aditya, you wouldn't have energy during a blackout. the table is for backup energy in those cases i think Even with solar panels on the roof, Aditya, you wouldn’t have energy during a blackout. the table is for backup energy in those cases i think

]]> By: aditya http://www.greenyourdecor.com/549/sustainability-at-its-best-suntable/#comment-86 aditya Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:15:16 +0000 http://www.greenyourdecor.com/?p=549#comment-86 Do you really think this is a solution to our sustainability problems? We need something on a much larger scale. If you were spending that kind of money, u might as well put up the solar panel on your roof (so it gets more light) and make the table out of wood. I would like to get your views on our corporate blog on sustainability (mahindrauniverse.com). Do you really think this is a solution to our sustainability problems? We need something on a much larger scale. If you were spending that kind of money, u might as well put up the solar panel on your roof (so it gets more light) and make the table out of wood. I would like to get your views on our corporate blog on sustainability (mahindrauniverse.com).

]]> By: Aaron Dalton http://www.greenyourdecor.com/549/sustainability-at-its-best-suntable/#comment-79 Aaron Dalton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:07:03 +0000 http://www.greenyourdecor.com/?p=549#comment-79 Love the concept. Shame about the $2000 price tag. I kind of like the idea of having this a backup power source in case of a blackout....although what you really want to work in a blackout is usually the fan, the refrigerator and the A/C -- and I'm guessing the SunTable wouldn't be able to power those energy hogs for long... I think with battery technology improving by leaps and bounds, the SunTable becomes a little less useful. Here's what I mean. Many new UMPC (UltraMobile PC) laptops have extended battery times of 6 or 8 hours. So you can work outdoors for a whole day before the battery conks out. It's nice to get an extra 5 hours of juice from the SunTable, but it's certainly a lot cheaper just to buy an extra battery to swap into the laptop when the power runs out. I guess I'm just saying that this seems like an expensive, cool object in search of something to power. Now if we could run our homes off a few SunTables scattered in the backyard, that would be pretty cool! ;-) - Aaron Dalton, 1GreenProduct.com Love the concept. Shame about the $2000 price tag.
I kind of like the idea of having this a backup power source in case of a blackout….although what you really want to work in a blackout is usually the fan, the refrigerator and the A/C — and I’m guessing the SunTable wouldn’t be able to power those energy hogs for long… I think with battery technology improving by leaps and bounds, the SunTable becomes a little less useful. Here’s what I mean. Many new UMPC (UltraMobile PC) laptops have extended battery times of 6 or 8 hours. So you can work outdoors for a whole day before the battery conks out. It’s nice to get an extra 5 hours of juice from the SunTable, but it’s certainly a lot cheaper just to buy an extra battery to swap into the laptop when the power runs out. I guess I’m just saying that this seems like an expensive, cool object in search of something to power. Now if we could run our homes off a few SunTables scattered in the backyard, that would be pretty cool! ;-)

- Aaron Dalton, 1GreenProduct.com

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