Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:08 PM 5/9/04, David Hobby wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: ... I don't think that is true anymore. You can see solar cells in applications out on the street these days. A good example is the School Zone flashers (Hush Ronn! G) where using a solar panel to charge a battery is almost

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: The zero'th order assumption, until further information is available, would be that the cost would eventually be roughly comparable to Si cells. No by any scientific law of Nature, such as Murphy's Law Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-09 Thread David Hobby
Julia Thompson wrote: ... I don't think that is true anymore. You can see solar cells in applications out on the street these days. A good example is the School Zone flashers (Hush Ronn! G) where using a solar panel to charge a battery is almost universal around here. Satellites,

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material that will capture energy from a large portion of the spectrum of sunlight -- from infrared to visible light to ultraviolet. I don't think this is _the_ problem for groundhogs. The problem is [or was?] that the cost to assemble

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material that will capture

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:42 AM 5/8/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0575637009== - Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy One way to make

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:58:37PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material that will capture energy from a large portion of the spectrum of sunlight -- from infrared to visible light to ultraviolet. I don't think this is _the_

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:00 AM Subject: Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy At 09:42 AM 5/8/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0575637009

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread David Hobby
Robert Seeberger wrote: ... One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material that will capture energy from a large portion of the spectrum of sunlight -- from infrared to visible light to ultraviolet. I don't think this is _the_ problem for groundhogs. The problem

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: ... One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material that will capture energy from a large portion of the spectrum of sunlight -- from infrared to visible light to ultraviolet. I don't think this is _the_ problem

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: Think about it, Alberto. IF they can make these solar cells for about the same cost as present solar cells, But that is the whole problem, isn't it? There's no evidence that they would cost even less than 3 times the current price. Alberto Monteiro

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 11:13:19PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: But that is the whole problem, isn't it? There's no evidence that they would cost even less than 3 times the current price. I see no problem. What evidence do you have that the tellurium cells would cost more than 3 times

RE: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

2004-05-08 Thread Nick Lidster
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 11:13:19PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: But that is the whole problem, isn't it? There's no evidence that they would cost even less than 3 times the current price. I see no problem. What evidence do you have that the tellurium cells would cost more than 3 times