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From: KenJames (no email)
Date: Sat May 28 2005 - 14:44:18 EDT
The problem with this idea, that is using a 'solar fabric' to generate a
practical amount of usable power, is that it cannot take full advantage of
the solar generation potential since the fabric will seldom be facing the
sun, and also the fabric may be very good at being a solar panel (if facing
the sun) but clothing, much less sails, have many other requirements, such
as stretch resistance, abrasion resistance, moisture tolerance, etc, and I
think it would be difficult to achieve good performance for both sets of
requirements. Never mind the fact that sails are already too expensive!
Maybe the military can afford it. But to me it sounds like another pie in
the sky idea that is hyped to reap investment $.
-Ken
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Subject: [world-cruising] Digest Number 632
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> 1. Re: solar fabric
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> Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 16:26:38 -0000
> From: "rick_feineis" <>
> Subject: Re: solar fabric
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> FYI...
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> Konarka's e-mail adresses are dead and their telephone number as listed
> on their website is disconnected.
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> Rick
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> --- In , tomico at d dot dot dot wrote:
> > I saw the artical in USA Today. The link no longer seems to work.
> Konaka
> > Technologies was the company I first read about. They have a websight
> if
> > anyone wants to do a Google search.
> > The two articals in the Newscientist are intriguing because that
> means two
> > other companies in two other countries are trying to develop the same
> type
> > of technology at the same time. I think the future holds a lot of
> hope for
> > solar technologies. I wish the Newscientist would have given names to
> > companies that were developing the fabrics. I think I will try a
> search
> > engine. Maybe I will find more out with a few key words. thank you for
> > expanding on the subject.
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> > Tomico
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