Solyndra: Perpetual Motion Machine Wrapped in a Ponzi Scheme
Now I know why the goofy name for this company. Their one-trick pony is a cylindrical solar panel. Solyndrical, plus a suitable Kumbayah web 2.0 ending, I get it.
The problem with these panels is the same problem with water injection to boost the expansion of an internal combustion engine. Sounds dumb right? Water kills fire. Oh, but wait, if the heat of the fire is used to power the unbelievably explosive power of steam expansion, then you actually get MORE power from each ignition, right? Amazing! Oh, but… water kills fire.
Even if you can get the system to work consistently, the steam expansion would remove so much energy from the cylinder that a tremendous amount of fuel would be required just to keep the engine … Continue reading
