[Marxism] "Major Discovery" From MIT Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution

[Shane Mage]

On Aug 1, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Dbachmozart at aol.com wrote:

Since ordinary electrolysis is more than 90% efficient the "gains"  
from this process are quite insignificant or (since its efficiency is  
not stated) actually negative.  Revolutionary it ain't.

>
> "Major Discovery" From MIT Primed to Unleash Solar  Revolution
> Thursday 31 July 2008
> by: Anne Trafton, MIT News
>
> Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy  storage system.
> In a revolutionary leap that  could transform solar power from a  
> marginal,
> boutique alternative into a  mainstream energy source, MIT  
> researchers have
> overcome a major barrier to  large-scale solar power: storing energy  
> for use when
> the sun doesn't shine.
> Until now, solar power has been  a daytime-only energy source, because
> storing extra solar energy for later use  is prohibitively expensive  
> and grossly
> inefficient. With today's announcement,  MIT researchers have hit  
> upon a simple,
> inexpensive, highly efficient process  for storing solar energy.

Shane Mage

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be called Zeus."

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