In our last episode <T1%Gd.12690$5R.2116@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
Mike Painter lept out of the bushes shouting:

The recent article on the 30% efficient solar cell gave me an , um,
thought the other day and I wonder if I should sell the idea on eBay.

We all know that batteries in series add the voltage. two 1.5 volt
batteries give 3.0 volts, three give 4.5 etc.

So we apply this principal to the solar cells, place four of them in
series and get 4 X 30% or a 120% efficient machine.

I'll be rich.

You may laugh now but remember I'm the one who invented the idea of
reversing the polarity on microwaves and flash freezing things.

<snicker>

(Incidentally, if you toss this idea out in the right crowd, you
will see some people taking it real serious for a few seconds.)

And they say atheists have no morals? I think of all the schemes that
have occurred to me over the years, ways I could have all this time
been emptying the bank accounts of the gullible, then look at how
broke I am...

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 03:05:23 GMT, "Mike Painter"
<mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

The recent article on the 30% efficient solar cell gave me an , um, thought
the other day and I wonder if I should sell the idea on eBay.

We all know that batteries in series add the voltage. two 1.5 volt batteries
give 3.0 volts, three give 4.5 etc.

So we apply this principal to the solar cells, place four of them in series
and get 4 X 30% or a 120% efficient machine.

I'll be rich.

You may laugh now but remember I'm the one who invented the idea of
reversing the polarity on microwaves and flash freezing things.

You meant "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow and route it
through the deflector shields".