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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
Actually in the Heinlein short story "Let there Be Light" (found in the anthology The Man Who Sold the Moon) the main character develops a nearly 100% efficient, inexpensive photovoltaic cell and spends most of his time dodging assassins sent by the energy industry!
IIRC he finally releases the specs to his invention (anonymously) into the public domain.
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Heinlein's got some great stories.
But notice how the article really got to the heart of the matter - "we can have SHIRTS that recharge our CELL PHONES!"
Oh, the problems we can solve when we put our heads together!
But seriously, that's astouding efficiency and I hope it holds up to be true, and is mass-produceable. Since the wackos have killed nuclear, we need at least one clean energy generation technology that is at least slightly feasible.