The inspirational Stan Ovshinsky and his wife Iris explain their motivations behind building their Ovonics Solar Cell Factory, which contains the largest thin film solar cell manufacturing machine ...
The inspirational Stan Ovshinsky and his wife Iris explain their motivations behind building their Ovonics Solar Cell Factory, which contains the largest thin film solar cell manufacturing machine in the world (longer than a football field).
"Solar is back?" director Chris Paine asks. "Solar never went away!" Ovshinsky retorts. "What was back is backward thinking."
Stan also makes a great plug for activism and education.
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ME TO.:peace eh from canada. 1 thing im thinkin about.hey i need to meet a billionaire. i know that i think like one. i got alot to talk about and if this works then think about im 22 and at this time im thinking that if i can become a billionaire at 25 and if that happen then i will be a trillionaire at 45 so think about it im not going to stop i quit my job.
It time to make the change i feel like a billiionaire. so i will do what it. make peace. and be secussful. soon i will and all will see i cant stop. if you see i need the help so if any one know a billionaire or is one then can you let me know. i on you tube at korndog86 im thinking big. lol no joke and no idea. peace.. no hate.
It's a classic example of being told that they were going to do great things with the technology (use them in the EV1) and then they shelve them! I LOVE Stan and Iris Ovshinsky! It's GM and Chevron that need to get off their "assets" and do something with it!
as a United Solar Ovonic (ECD subsidary - the factory in this vid is my "home") employee i agree... i get to see the results of their vision 1st hand everyday i work.... it's nice to work in a nice clean factory labratory environment and know that my work doesn't end up in the landfill in 3 years when some fat ass rich guy gets bored of it and wants the next new thing that the TV told him he needs
GM sold its controlling share of Ovshinksky's battery company (Cobasys) to Chevron. Stan and Iris did not control those shares. Chevron then stalled any new R&D of nickel hydrid battery technology -- making them difficult to get (or even use, if you follow its lawsuit with Matshushita over Toyota's Prius batteries).
However, one could critique Stan for hyping the hydrogen economy (which has been used by car and oil industry to keep exisiting battery electric technology off the road).
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1 thing im thinkin about.hey i need to meet a billionaire. i know that i think like one. i got alot to talk about and if this works then think about im 22 and at this time im thinking that if i can become a billionaire at 25 and if that happen then i will be a trillionaire at 45 so think about it im not going to stop i quit my job.
A patent should have never been given on this.
Its also an obvious antitrust violation for chevron to own competing technology.
This is a disgrace.
However, one could critique Stan for hyping the hydrogen economy (which has been used by car and oil industry to keep exisiting battery electric technology off the road).