In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 27 Jul 2014 07:08:39 -0700: Hi, [snip] >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?
Now divide 500 by 10000 suns (or 50000). (Not that I have 100% confidence in Mills, in fact I'm wary of the reported figures, but you do need to do the math correctly if you are going to criticize him.) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
