Jones, the tragedy in this is, as you yourself have suggested on several occasions, Mills is probably a genius and effect he is exploring is probably real although not well explained (or maybe it is). His "product" is still far from ready for prime time. In a sane world the government would see the enormous potential in his work, and provide him with the same support it provides countless other nascent technological ideas that have life-saving potential. He shouldn't have to use sophisticated hucksterism to propel his work forward. Alas this is the same refrain we have spoken of a thousand times already.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Steve High > > > > At 1:31 of part 1 of his July 21 demonstration Mills tells us that in > order for the Sun Cell to produce 10 megawatts of electricity it will need > to create 25 megawatts of light energy, as the PV cells have a 40% > conversion ratio. I presume that will leave 15 megawatts to be dissipated > as heat (it has to go somewhere, right?) With that much heat wouldn't the > reactor itself nearly glow with the intensity of the sun? I'm just a simple > country doctor so probably I'm missing something. > > > > Steve – You probably do not take this too seriously, so you are not > missing the fact that it is not science – it is hucksterism with a dose of > sophistication. The “40%” conversion ratio should make it clear to anyone > who follows solar cells that Mills is blowing smoke. Affordable cells for > use in mass production are below 20% efficiency. The Boeing/Spectrolab > triple junction cells which have produced 40% on occasion are not available > at reasonable cost. And even if they become available - they are actually > rated for 32% continuous and are now extraordinarily expensive – 500 times > more than silicon per watt. NASA can pay that but can you? > > > > So instead of dissipating 15 megawatts to get 10, less the reprocessing > overhead (assuming that it works at all for more than a few days) it would > be closer to dissipating 40 MW to get 5… which isn’t bad if it were true. > > > > But given Mills’ track record, do not sign a check just yet. If history is > an indicator - you will never see it being sold. Mills has raked in a few > million more from a few more suckers, in this round of investment, and in > 2015 there will be something else. SunCell what? Maybe in a museum some day. > > > > >
