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5. That's referring to solar cells, which are made from silicon which comes from "simple grains of sand

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 10:29 AM

Feb 2016

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide ).

The rest of the infotisement ( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infotisement ) posits the idea there's a
revolutionary battery that will change everything. There's a new "battery breakthrough" every week
or so.

Anyway it's all an ad to get you to subscribe to their newsletter.

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Looks to be a hoax to me Lorien Feb 2016 #1

Yes. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #2

Snake oil. Takket Feb 2016 #3

I think I've found the real grain in that beach of bunkum JHB Feb 2016 #8

Sounds like using sand as a heat sink packman Feb 2016 #9

Nah, you're overreaching. Igel Feb 2016 #11

Big deal. I can make food from dirt. hunter Feb 2016 #12

This is surely true, and I can get you on ground floor ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #13

$49 for a bunch of reports about solar power muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #14