Google Getting Into the Solar Mirror Business

adeelarshad82 writes with this excerpt from a Reuters report: "Google is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector, but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by [25%] or more. The company's engineers have been focused on solar thermal technology, in which the sun's energy is used to heat up a substance that produces steam to turn a turbine. Mirrors focus the sun's rays on the heated substance. ... Google hopes to have a viable technology to show internally in a couple of months, Bill Weihl said. It will need to do accelerated testing to show the impact of decades of wear on the new mirrors in desert conditions."

Re:If Google would run candidates....

[Anonymous Coward]

Since when is censorship (China) and flying around in a huge jet (with hammocks) "good governance"? Hell one vacation trip by one google founder puts more greenhouse gasses in the air than 3 typical families.

Re:Where did they get the people?

[AK Marc]

They hire professional problem solvers. They just redirected a small portion of problem solving power to this.

Re:If Google would run candidates....

[ceoyoyo]

Ah, corporatism. Putting for profit businesses in charge NEVER leads to trouble.