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Old 08-21-2008, 04:30 PM   #1
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Another cute and smart Aussie

Since we seem to be collecting cute, smart Aussies, we should invite this gal.
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Old 08-21-2008, 04:44 PM   #2
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Hey yeah, let's invite her. Brilliant work though. If this vision of solar cells created through a cheaper and less destructive process works out commercially, it could very well be the answer the world has needed.

Well done Nicole!
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Old 08-21-2008, 05:03 PM   #3
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She has developed a simple, cheap way of producing solar cells in a pizza oven that could eventually bring power and light to the 2 billion people in the world who lack electricity.
Amazing coincidence - my latest work involves using a solar cell oven to bake pizza.
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:37 PM   #4
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There's a company in town that is doing development on a variety of solar technology things... one of their latest products is window tinting for homes and cars that is actally very thin solar-panel film. Cool stuff.
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Old 08-21-2008, 11:28 PM   #5
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Hooray! Now even the poorest backward nations can have electric-chairs, and the uncontacted tribes of South America can watch Oprah.
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:02 AM   #6
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I second what Aliantha said --- this could be <i>the</i> answer. Cheap power, plentiful power, clean unpolluting power with no waste products.

Now I'm waiting for the inevitable dropping of the other shoe.
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