The Solar Potential

The Solar Potential

Edmund Faltermayer, in Potential Fortune (Feb. 1976), Time & Life Build- ing, New York, N.Y. 10020.
Solar energy might seem to be the perfect solution to our energy prob- lems-it is "everlastingly abundant" and completely benign to the en- vironment. But sunpower has inherent limitations, Faltermayer says. It cannot be stored for long or transported far (unless converted to electricity). More serious is "the high cost of gathering the sun's free energy." Equipping a house...

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