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A Step Closer To The Optimum Solar Cell

Posted by timothy on from the warmth-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Besides cost, solar cell efficiency is the second most critical criteria. Scientists from Berkeley Lab and other institutions, have announced a new solar cell material that may be able to achieve an extraordinary efficiency of about 50 percent -- twice the amount of the current record holder."

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  1. This is the last you will hear of this by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, an efficient solar cell. This is the last you will hear of this! Halliburton and Big Oil will immediately buy the patent and sit on it, just like they did the antigravity saucer, the 300 mph carburetor, cold fusion, and Skynet microchips from the future. Save your cache while you can!

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    1. Re:This is the last you will hear of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dude, it's a 300 mpg carburetor.

    2. Re:This is the last you will hear of this by Veramocor · · Score: 2, Funny

      I heard Gilette is sitting on a design for a razor with, get this, 6 blades!!!!

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  2. Great news by b-baggins · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we can run 5 100-watt light bulbs per square meter in death valley in full sunlight.

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