New solar cell 500x more efficient invented by 12 years old boy

[vlad321]

The Ghost of RubangB said:

NJ5 said:

senseinobaka said:
How did he solve the real problems of Solar Energy: Storage and AC conversion?

AC conversion is solved by inverters I believe.

Storage is not a solar energy problem... it's an energy problem. I don't think anyone proposes having an all-solar grid anyway.

Once we invent a giant grid of superbatteries that can handle both solar power and LIGHTNING, we can just make fields of it and cover it in solar panels and lightning rods and power the whole universe forever for free.

Let's not forget that a single thunderstorm worth of lightning can power the U.S. for 20 minutes, and that there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms at any given moment worldwide.

 

Agreed, but then the same people who are for clean power and what not will whine and moan about the fact that we're covering some orchind and killing it by not giving it enough sunlight. Gerorge Carlin's "The Earth is Fine" bit always gets me, and it's so dunny cause it's all true.