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BobG wrote:
I got Don to admit that his claim that "not one fully burdened net watt
of pv power has ever been produced" was false a while back by
resumbitting my payback example to him every time he came up with
another magic number to throw into the mix. Poor old guy must be going
senile. After he didn't come back with his usual diatribe, I figured
his silence was an admission that I had won the round. Alas, all for
naught. He has forgotten.
What I would like to see is a manufactured equivalent of the electron
transport chain in plants, coupled to a chemical reaction which stores
hydrogen in hydrocarbons or even sugars. I guess it wouldn't be
photo-voltaic, but I am 100% convinced that if all of biology is using
the sun for power, there will be a way for humans to exploit the sun for
electricity.
The latest I saw was some company using biological dyes coupled to
something else in layers. Good start, I hope people continue to follow
that vein. I would even like to see a push toward bio-electrical power
engineering by big players. Since I am 100% convinced of the eventual
harnessing of the suns power in an efficient way, I realize my bias
excludes me from speaking fairly about the subject... but it sure is fun
to think about.
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