I even had my father attempt to enter their building. Their doors are all locked. They were not allowing visitors. Very cool idea. Printing the photovoltaic medium.
But it's a very interesting idea. Especially since I used to be a roofing contractor in one of my previous lives. I always stood up on those roofs thinking that if I could only find a way to blend roofing and solar energy. Those were nice days.
Energy is the new frontier. And I'm missing out on it. I'm too busy trying find a place to live my life. I've just wasted fifteen years trying to beat the real estate boom. I cannot get away from cars and people. I literally tossed away an opportunity to be president of an electronics corporation in silicon valley, just so I could live like a human being. Bla bla bla.
No, I don't have any good books. There is a Swiss doctor who was working with the guy I knew, doing sofc's. He has a website that discusses the flaw of a hydrogen society. (I just went to my bookmarks for his website. It has been long enough that he's changed his url.) But I do have the website where he had published his website.
http://www.efcf.com/fcworld/ I think where we're at right now is a crossroad of old and new technology.
We would be far from the crossroad if it were not for the "Bush's" of the world. I mean the companies that bought up the photovoltaic companies and then ran them into the ground to keep them from profiting. Big oil. So we went nowhere for a long time. Of course, smaller and more powerful computers have had an impact. But we're moving away from silicon based and into other areas.
We are kind of starting to reap the benefits of research that has been done over the last few decades. Like Berekeley labs. They have been working on some kind of solar project. I forget now. Some amorphous multi layered. My brain is dead.
I'm afraid I'm of little use to the world. I'm so busy trying to run from the car crazed baby producing mobs that I can do little else. It's really sad. But I'd bet that I'm not alone. The number of properties for sale is at an all time low. People are jumping on every piece of land that's left. Yet the inventory of houses is at an all time high. But just try finding that 100 acres with a river. None. Call me what you want, but I have a dream. To live like a human. A life with dignity.
I dropped out of that fuel cell company about a year ago. It was too much of a fight for me. I think the guy was a republican, and I just had to battle him to get him to do things. It took me six months to get him to patent the idea. I think he's on the right track. But he's just not doing things the right way. Even simple projects are difficult to implement. Plus, I keep moving. So that makes it impossible to set up my shop and do anything meaningful.
Thanks for the movie link. I have been talking about India and China for at least that long. It'll be interesting to hear someone else's take on it.
One good place to find news is on Berkeley's science site-
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/The thing about alternative power right now is that there are a number of potential breakthroughs all happening at one time. I'm not sure whether this fusion project is for real or not. It sounds legit. If it is, then we're really onto something that will alter the landscape. Honestly, I think it's all a symptom. Before we had this population, we deforested for the trees. Then we used up whale oil. Then we used up petroleum. So what's next? Water? Food? I think the real problem is learning limits. Limits is a word one never hears. We just try to patch up the symptoms. Well, I for one refuse to live in this mess. And it's taking it's toll on me. I guess what I'm saying is, there is a human factor. At some point more people are going to start feeling like I do. That regardless of how easy it is to live, or how comfortable it is, it isn't dignified. It isn't satisfying.
Well, that's got to be more than you wanted to hear.