New Plastic Converts 30% of Solar Energy

[deliriouspixel]

If true, this is significant. Very.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that's five times more efficient at turning the sun's power into electrical energy than current methods.

The film can convert up to 30 per cent of the sun's power into usable, electrical energy. Today's best plastic solar cells capture only about six per cent.

New plastic can better convert solar energy (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1105319242587_49?hub=SciTech)

[Rasta4Eyes]

All the energy any could need is constantly available
at our fingertips.

The biggest waste to me is the gym. People pay money to
expend energy and only produce heat. Then more energy
has to be expended to cool them down. Why hasn't some
big national fitness chain developed electrical generators
out of exercise equipment. Instead of paying to exercise
you could actually earn money by contributing to the grid.

I also had a vision of wind up appliances. Lamps could be
fashioned from old car alternators. With proper gearing
a modest amount of cranking could yeild an adequate supply
of power to light a room or toast some bread and so forth.


The well-meant desire to foster ancient thought systems effectually prevents the sponsoring of new and adequate means and methods designed to satisfy the spiritual longings of the expanding and advancing minds of the modern human.

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[deliriouspixel]

LoL

Instead of paying to exercise
you could actually earn money by contributing to the grid.
But then that wouldn't be exersize anymore.
Astute peeps will quickly recognize that theyve been bamboozled into doing work
and alert the lesser thinking would be hamsters.

Now with windup appliances you got something there.
I can see some beautiful Rube Goldberg functional art pieces
perhaps driving an array of LEDs
or even a flash based MP3 player a la the Victrola.
They already market windup radios
so why not spread the stored power of the spring?

[rattlemetal]

lol true bout the gym, yuck much energy wasted for nuthin