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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:19 PM Original message |
MIT develops "solar concentrator" which increases power captured by "a factor of over 40" |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't Hold Your Breath |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. factor of 40 over what? |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. CPV is not new. |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It will be great when these get more cost effective nt |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes, it will! |
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Anexio (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Off topic |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. cool. I know someone, MIT grad, who worked on solar cars decades ago. |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. Solar consentrators |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Can you post links to websites of utilities that use them? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is excellent news! |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. it's all over their heads until someone basically tells them that |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Or, "You can make money off it!" n/t |
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