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From: rob patt (no email)
Date: Tue May 31 2005 - 00:58:46 EDT
OK, Ken has said it. Unfortunately this is not a real
product. Lots of money spent on hype, but no product.
I checked with those who know.Too bad I was really
interested in the idea for use and investment.
Rob
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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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> Message: 1
> 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.
> >
> > Tomico
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