Comments on: New Generation of Solar Devices with Trapped Sunlight

By: greg glessner

greg glessner — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:06:18 +0000

Believe it or not I’ve been touting and trying to get some help with this very concept/actually real concept, since 93. there is a concern with what uncle b said-however once we dumb humans realize our goals, we will build longevity into our products again. So I agree,-make things that are safe and extremely practical, hence- green! our country has had an agenda with its oil, but when gas went to 435 per gal. that was actually a cry for help. So when everyone is ready for some practical help with this solar steam field, feel free to look me up. I have a lot to bring to the table.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:50:16 +0000

We already have the solar technologies to survive without other energy! The missing piece, the super-insulations to build our survival earth-arks from! Many molded plastics and some new space-age insulations fill the bill but are kept from us for various reasons, the most likely being shyster greed and patent controls! We pay through the nose for inefficient refrigeration units right now, and the larger sin of the patent holders is increased foreign oil consumption and a dying economy. The shysters are hurting our America! Imagine off-grid self-sufficiency. Working only occasionally, only for spare cash! Early and comfortable retirement! Second careers! Back to school! Spending time with family! All possible with today’s technologies, and some off-gridders have proven it. They are living examples of the full-time artists, beer-brewers, wine-makers, whatever their hearts desire! Beware the “Professional Architect” he has a huge kick-back scheme for unnecessary products behind him, and an education in capitalistic debauchery at heart! He is a liar to promote his own mythical importance, a maintainer and enforcer of antiquated and useless civil codes deigned to support the status quo construction industry, his prime employer! The Scientist, building habitation for humanity, the “Earth Arcs” for example, is differently motivated, and can be realistic without pressure to merchandise “McMansion” follies and foist them like cheap shysters on the poor trusting American consumer! Take “Planned obsolescence” out of the average American built car, and we have a re-buildable, repairable machine, no requiring expensive scrapping and reforming processes every six years! Change the epoxy curing rates in the paints and rubbers alone and add years of life to what we have already paid for! Stop screwing folks with engines designed to die! Why was the Chrysler Co.s flat-head six from the 50’s,60’s famous? Many rebuilds from each casting, thats why! Rebuild ability and net oil savings, thats why! Where did the vulture capitalists and accountants get into engine design, body building, and chassis construction? when Americans were diverted from basic quality by style and luxury, model status over model quality and longevity! The advertisers and the bookkeepers have had their way with the common folk! and now we don’t even have a car industry here and have turned to Asia for practical models! Same with housing, McMansions over the practical realities of our lives and pocket-books What happened?

By: Francois

Francois — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:37:08 +0000

“Just goes to show that the technology is out there.”

It is out there; however, the government could have done more by allocating much more of the so-called stimulus package to green energies than it did.

That said, there is the nasty little problem of moving from proof of concept to mass applications. As any engineer will tell you, (as my brother is always fond to sardonically reminds me…can you tell he is an engineer? ) history is replete with awesome ideas that couldn’t make it to mass production for reasons much more mundane than vast conspiracies.

Of course, that is no reason not to invest more in green R&D. It’s not as if we had the luxury to do otherwise.

By: Doug Quayle

Doug Quayle — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:59:57 +0000

There is a difference between the two? I thought it was still Washington D.C. Inc.

Oh… right… that was all supposed to “change”, right? Si Se Puede, and all that jazz.

By: Jeremy Eckert

Jeremy Eckert — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:59:30 +0000

No no. Not the government. Corporations, don’t get confused.

By: Brian Dunlevy

Brian Dunlevy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:52 +0000

Just goes to show that the technology is out there.
the govt. simply doesn’t want us to use it.

By: John Boston

John Boston — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:23 +0000

@Peter: Was the layer like a big magnifying glass? Makes sense.

By: Peter C. Frank

Peter C. Frank — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:58:00 +0000

I saw a show on the Science Channel where light from the sun was passed through a layer that focused it and delivered 8x the energy to the solar cells, resulting in the same increase in energy output from them as well — astounding, amazing, and wunderbar!

By: Homz Umrigar

Homz Umrigar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:57:38 +0000

This is good news for those cloudy days!