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New Photovoltaics Made with Titanium Foil
Memorize writes "A company called Daystartech has released a new type of photovoltaic cell which, unlike almost all the cells currently in use, does not silicon. This is based on a thin titanium film. Given the current shortage of solar-grade silicon, and all-time high oil prices, maybe titanium solar panels are here at the right time. The questions are, will they release it as a consumer solar product, and what will be the price per kilowatt hour?"
Of course, once we decide, we'll need to find out what 'to silicon' actually means...
'Loose' is when your pants are three sizes too big. 'Lose' is when you misuse 'loose'.
I confess I've always had a problem with power sources that do silicon. Snooty bastards, what with their made up verbs and their rock music...
It could lead to some very promising developments. I was trying to collect solar energy today, but ended up siliconing so bad that I couldn't sit down for hours. It still smarts...
Now I have to upgrade from my Tin Foil hat to a Titanium Foil hat... I hate expensive upgrades!
- Your stupidity got you into this mess, why can't it get you out? -Will Rogers
Now you can get power and protection from UFOs with one convenient hat!
Have you read my blog lately?
Good development. The decline in the demand for silicon should help the threatened horta population to bound back. At least until Pamela Anderson Lee pursues more expansion.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
That's what they get for using Office's grammar checker.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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but I hear it's really hard to get
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I've achieved self-replicating organic solar cells in my back yard. Some of them are even tasty.