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Is Common Tin the Next Solar-Power Breakthrough?

Some of the most profound discoveries are hiding in plain sight.

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Patrick Cox
May 17, 2014
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We keep discovering extraordinary untapped potential underfoot in common things. Who knew that the sand around us has hidden smart phones -- and glass, and glasses, and beach resorts -- in plain sight all this time?  God knew, and we entrepreneurs are privileged to glimpse His wonder, and to think His thoughts after Him.

Our Galectin Therapeutics has found what we hope will be life-changing cures in simple sugar. What if tin could do the same for solar power and energy? -- RDM

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Bioeconomist tracking the age-reversal singularity. Chief Research Officer for Lifespan Edge. Authored The Fountains of Youth and hundreds of opinion articles for major media. Formerly policy analyst and biotech investment analyst
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