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Message #13175
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Timothy Flytch" flytch@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 03:13:18 -0700
Subject: Re: Wacky ideas floating around
> Ok William,
> I'll try the first one... Heat... A solar cell loses efficiency with
heat...
> The weight/cost of the reflecter is not equal to the solar cell... i.e. it
> is cheaper and lighter to just use more cells then to build a reflecter...
>
> >First: Don't you think I be a good idea to have a hyperbolic reflector
> >reflect the light onto a solar cell? I mean, I would catch much more
light,
> >and focus it much brighter.
>
>
> Timothy...
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