A Waste of Silicon

A salesman friend in the electronics industry says business of okay, and in fact is changing from the ups and downs common in the 1980s.  Trade magazines say there might be an improvement in the future in solar cells and Applied Materials is even getting into the business.

http://sst.pennnet.c…

Silicon is one of the first things needed to make an electronic device.  It is made into wafers, 300mm is a common wafer disk size.  From there a complex expensive process carried out in ultraclean rooms turns silicon into everything from solar cells to mini NSA type spy cameras.  These “fabs” of course are moving increasingly to China.

Now I know we all wish the Bush years had actually been the Gore years but I do sense a fanaticism in the “carbon footprint” movement.  Yes, I’m going to cease calling it the global warming movement and opt for the true phrase “carbon footprint tax movement”.

For if the sky truely is falling and the oceans are going to rise every useless electronic device factory should be making solar cells today.  Every other use is simply a waste of silicon.  Do I really need a device which can track my location just so I can talk to other people and irradiate my brain in the process?
http://www.prolibert…

Now if you find that a little to far fetched try these.

How about putting the power of a V8 muscle car on your motocycle!
http://www.angellabs…

Or did the inventor of television discover a possible fusion energy reaction?
http://www.philotfar…
http://en.wikipedia….
Or can energy be tapped from luminous bubbles in a liquid?
http://www.futurepun…

All of these things might be possible…………

Not.  Humans are involved don’t you see.
http://www.pureenerg…
And politics.
http://www.bushflash…
http://www.democracy…

As the lead painted childrens toys arrive from the communist totalitarian police state arrive, I have to say I have my doubts.