MIT: Solar power storage breakthrough could bring energy 'nirvana'

computerworld.com — Researchers at MIT say they've made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research.

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- cmcgill
"This is a major discovery with enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind," Barber said in a statement. "The importance of their discovery cannot be overstated since it opens up the door for developing new technologies for energy production, thus reducing our dependence for fossil fuels and addressing the global climate change problem."
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- onreact.com
Wonderful. Trash the nuke energy lobbyists and send the CO2 mongers home.
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- polymath22
i have been looking at jumping on the solar bandwagon for a few years now, but its kinda discouraging when every week we read about some breakthrough.

does this breakthrough mean that existing solar technologies are obsolete and i should wait until this new technology gets to market? by that time, some other breakthrough will come along, again making the state-of-the-art obsolete.
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