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First Solar Shutters Factories and Enters Survival Mode

@dodge A buck a watt. Right now. I've seen panels for as low as 88 cents in larger quantities. (read full comment)  

Posted on April 18, 2012 at 3:00 AM EDT

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Cancer Medicine is Stuck in the Past

@stormhand Care to tell what the cure for cancer is that our magical neighbors to the north came up with? What? Chirp, chirp, chirp. (read full comment)  

Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:59 PM EDT

Sapphire Energy Raises $144 Million for an Algae Farm

@sault  @R Sweeney  You do know that these algae fuels will be burned and create that exact same pollution problems that you describe, right? And... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 7, 2012 at 4:15 AM EDT

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Can ARPA-E Solve Energy Problems?

That makes zero sense at all. If something shows a potential for profit, especially great profit, it will be exploited. That's the beauty of... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:27 AM EST

Making Solar Power Competitive with Coal

@sault Nice. And unicorns. We need those too! A unicorn to every man alive I say! (read full comment)  

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:33 AM EST

Device Could Drive Down Solar's Cost

DC needs really big cables to run distances, introducing major losses across the way. And you would still need a dc/dc converter. DC is great for... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:52 AM EST

Photosynthesis Fuel Company Gets a Large Investment

GMOs have saved the world. Read that again. Once we stop the people of the third world from starving, then we'll force them to shop at Whole Foods,... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 29, 2012 at 3:55 AM EST

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How the U.S. Health Insurance Boondoggle Stifles Innovation

Best comment yet. People think we have some sort of capitalistic health care system here. We are then told that, since it doesn't work, we should... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 25, 2011 at 3:04 AM EST

In Search of the Ideal Grid Battery

This logic is tiresome. I hear it about every possible advance involving energy. You point to profit motive but fail to see that any incremental... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 23, 2011 at 2:06 AM EST

In Love with Android: Q&A with Matias Duarte

Hey Matias Why can't Google seem to get the audio (and input) latency problem in Android figured out? I see talk of games, which are really laggy... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 7, 2011 at 2:55 AM EST

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