Re: Nanotube solar panels?


On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:39:03 -0000
splever@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


Just a curious non-scientist wondering when I'll be able to pick up
that 3ft solar panel and capacitor combination that will power my house
at Walmart... ;-)

Even if it were 100% efficient a 3ft (square) solar panel will only
pick up something like 800 watts on a clear day in an equatorial desert,
and rather less in other parts of the world and weather conditions.
Needless to say that 100% efficiency is not possible but the kind of
cheap atomically precise engineering that MNT promises should make it
feasible to get as close as possible to it as well as providing means to
improve the energy efficiency of the house - oh yes and perhaps eliminate
the need for Walmart :)

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