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Solar Power-Cell Breakthrough

Posted by Zonk on from the better-to-work-in-the-shade- dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the Nanomaterials Research Centre at Massey University in New Zealand have developed synthetic dyes that can be used to generate electricity at one tenth of the cost of current silicon-based solar panels. These photosynthesis-like compounds work in low-light conditions and can be cheaply incorporated into window-panes and building materials, thereby turning them into generators of electricity."

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  1. Re:ARGH! by Goaway · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, Al Gore, there is a Global Warming, but it's not going to kill us today, and it's not going to kill us tomorrow, and it may start to make things uncomfortable in the coming decades but we're going to be a lot better equipped to deal with it then.

    How are we going to be better equipped with dealing with it then if we don't get off our asses and start working because "it's not going to kill use tomorrow" anyway?