More fuel for thought

Dan Luke wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:55:04 GMT, wrote:


The challenge is extracting the full solar spectrum and storing it.
But there are no fundamental scientific reasons why this is not
achievable.

You mean other than we haven't a clue how to do it in the real world?

There are no fundamental scientific reasons why we can't:

Convert light into electricity with 90% efficiency.

Cure cancer.

Produce sustainable fusion.

Convert junk mail and coffee grounds into 100 LL.

You're just a happy little ray of sunshine, aren't you?

Yeah, you're right: we don't know how to do any of this stuff.

Might as well give up on all of it.

I never said that.

But since I've spent most of my life building stuff that had to adhere
to both the laws of physics and economics, I'm probably a lot more
inclined to be practical rather than to go wishing on a star and hoping
something that doesn't exist suddenly does.

The odds are good that the cost of electic production will fall in
the near (decades) term, but it will be from plants firmly anchored
on the ground.


--
Jim Pennino

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