This article was posted in the New York Times on December the 18th 2007.

If you want to know more about Nanosolar check out their website.

Nanosolar, a heavily financed Silicon Valley start-up whose backers include Google’s co-founders, plans to announce Tuesday that it has begun selling its innovative solar panels, which are made using a technique that is being held out as the future of solar power manufacturing.

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Since it is Christmas I have some free time to stumble the internet and I have found some interesting websites like NatureMill.

The NatureMill is an automatic kitchen compost maker. This is how it works:

Deposit food waste items at any time, on any day. Add up to 120 lbs (55kg) per month. For best results, cut items into small pieces. Items remain in the upper chamber, with “hot composting” conditions: mixing, air flow, heat, and moisture (see diagram). The energy released destroys odors, pathogens, and seed germination. The compost is later transferred through a trap door to the lower cure tray chamber, where it continues to compost while you add fresh waste items to the upper chamber.

At first I wasn’t over enthusiastic about it because I thought ” Sure another appliance which uses electricity” but according to the NatureMill website it only uses 5 kwh / month of energy - or about $0.50/month - less than a garbage truck would burn in diesel fuel to haul the same waste. And it is made from recycled and recyclable materials.

So it isn’t real cheap, they start at $299 dollars but i think it is a very efficient way of making compost.