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From: sde@Mitre-Bedford@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Tiny dipoles & femto-diodes (Solar energy conversion)
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 08:51:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 08:51:08 1984
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I called the company in question (Phototherm) and spoke to the person who
is the inventor's business mgr (and wife). She refused to tell me how
much energy was deliverable by the device, or by an aggregation of such
devices, and said that to get such information (I did not ask for any
details of processes or anything else reasonably construed as secret),
I would have to ante up $25,000. Yup, that's twenty-five thousand dollars.
It rather makes one sceptical, especially when she referred to its possible
strategic uses. My snake-oil alarm has begun  to sound, although I'd dearly
love the device to be feasible.
   David   sde@mitre-bedford