Given the powers-that-be that control government decision-making, it could be that gullible investors are humanity's last best hope. Perhaps it would be better to keep quiet about the elephant in the room. A real conundrum
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Steve High <diamondweb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> >> >> > >
