[extropy-chat] Danish Scientists Developing Long-Lasting Plastic Solar Cell

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Extropes,
> 
> Danish Scientists Developing Long-Lasting Plastic
> Solar Cell
> 
>
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/ap/ap_071505.asp?trk=nl
> 
> Note the 50-fold improvement in cost. 

They are still crap. A life span of 2.5 years with a 0.5 to 5 %
conversion efficiency? The competition for this product isn't silicon,
it's corn. On the bright side, I forsee this product getting just as
many stupid underserved government subsidies as corn farmers get...

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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