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> If you had just ten of these printers operating around the clock we could print enough material to deliver power to 1000 homes per day,” said Professor Dasto
by 1024core 9y ago
> If you had just ten of these printers operating around the clock we could print enough material to deliver power to 1000 homes per day,” said Professor Dastoor.
The US has 100M homes. That would require 100,000 days, or 300 years...
- crishoj 9y agoOne could consider having more than just ten printers.
- caio1982 9y agoYou missed the "just ten".
- anovikov 9y agoThat also means if these things decay at the same rate as normal solar panels (producing an equivalent of 30 years of like-new power through about 35 years of lifetime), only 100 presses will be enough to power the entire U.S., or about 300-400 presses if you include all power needs, not just home. Which doesn't sound like a lot, one press per million people.
- djrogers 9y agoBut where are you going to put these things? They are quite inefficient compared to conventional solar, so it’s not like you can just cover roofs in them and be done.
- anovikov 9y agoYes i already realized that... Essentially that is half-scam, with that low efficiency they are pretty much useless.
- nashashmi 9y agoHow about a calculation with the number of new homes per day? In other words how many printers do we need to satisfy the solar energy demand of all future homes?