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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by Nition on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:36PM (#24257345)
Hang on, so if you shine a white light through a blue filter, the light on the other side looks blue. And the filter itself still looks blue on both sides. But then, where did the non-blue component of the light go?
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by simcop2387 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:48PM (#24257391)
Converted to heat. What's going on here is a discussion about transmission and transmittance. [1]

[1] https://www.swiftglass.com/blog/key-differences-transmission...

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