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Blog item: Bill Gross: Great ideas for finding new energy

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1 comment on Feb-8-2009   Add a comment   Author:  TED (Feb-3-2009)    Play a Video
Categories: Peak Oil/Gas & Energy Demand, Renewable Energy Sources

Bill Gross founded Idealab, and has been working on solar energy solutionsBill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells – and some questions we haven't yet solved.

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Bill Gross founded Idealab, an incubator of new inventions, ideas and businesses. Full bio and more links

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Comment by: BillGross (Bill Gross) (Feb-8-2009)   Web site
This talk was from 2003. I'm working on getting solar electricity down to be cheaper than coal without subsidies. This is extremely challenging, but we are getting closer. I talk more about the challenge at www.BillGross.com. The product shown in the video has evolved in many ways.
Bill

  
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