Read the link; that guy has an excellent track record of turning his ideas into economically feasible ventures. If he had something like what you describe, I'm sure it would be on the market now if viable.
Problem with solar is the energy density of sunlight is simply too low. I think you only get about 3 or 4 watts per square meter, when the sun is shining, and that amount of power is not sufficient to do very much given our current energy requirements. We're back to nuclear power again... Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!) '95 E300 283k miles (daily driving duties) '73 Balboa 20 (High & dry until the head is back on) Charleston SC ________________________________ From: Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 9:31:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The "Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT".... Curt wrote: > On the news this morning they touted some solar panel company thats come up >with some new manufacturing tech that is supposed to drive the cost way down >which is apparently a "game changer". > I remember a 1978 Newsweek article about a guy named Ovshinsky that spoke about amorphous semiconductor materials. That was gonna be the game changer, described as paint one material on the side of the house, paint another material on top of that, hook up wires, and away you go. The guy's company is still around but that system has not happened, yet. That is the game changer I want to see. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ovshinsky.html mao _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
