In message , magwitch
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geoff wrote:
In message , magwitch
writes
New Scientist is, in a peer-reviewed scientific sense, mostly a
comic for those who like to appear cleverer than they really are.
New scientist is, for those who have moved on to other things, a
way to keep in touch

What with? Rosy fantasies such as robot-operated solar panels on the
moon will be beaming us free energy via 'immensely powerful' laser
beams and we'll all live happily ever after. Yebbut...
The person quoted to have achieved 42.8% efficiency (Allen Barnett)
googles as being something of a leader in the field

Err no actually. Nowhere in the NS article I have in front of me is
either Allen Barnett or 42.8% mentioned at all...

Then you're reading the wrong article ...


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geoff