Re: [Vo]:Valone cited thermovoltaic cells as cheap energy devices.

On 6/5/2008 1:40 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: > > > On 6/5/2008 12:09 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > >> --- Charles M. Brown wrote: >> >>> Paul Lowrance calculated that ambient IR blackbody >> radiation was ~ 400 watts/ M^2. >> >> Even if this figure were to be correct, and I think it >> is high - >> >

Re: [Vo]:Valone cited thermovoltaic cells as cheap energy devices.

On 6/5/2008 12:09 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > --- Charles M. Brown wrote: > >> Paul Lowrance calculated that ambient IR blackbody > radiation was ~ 400 watts/ M^2. > > Even if this figure were to be correct, and I think it > is high - > > ... the problem is not the absolute level of blackbody >

Re: [Vo]:Valone cited thermovoltaic cells as cheap energy devices.

--- Charles M. Brown wrote: > Paul Lowrance calculated that ambient IR blackbody radiation was ~ 400 watts/ M^2. Even if this figure were to be correct, and I think it is high - ... the problem is not the absolute level of blackbody irradiation, per se, BUT instead it is finding the proper "sin

[Vo]:Valone cited thermovoltaic cells as cheap energy devices.

I listened to Tom Valone on C to C too. He mentioned that solar cells from Kyrocea in Japan http://www.kyocerasolar.com/ specifically but probably not exclusively produced energy from ambient IR at night. I believe this is a cheap energy source worth pursuing though a feeble search of kyocer