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Words of wisdom from observers of things solar:


The Man with the Golden Sun: Video about solar efficiency

http://boingboing.net/2011/09/13/the-man-with-the-golden-sun-video-about-solar-efficiency.html



Plugging Into The Sun: Solar Energy:  National Geographic  Sept 2009

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/solar/johnson-text


Links we enjoy:

“The amount of sunshine energy that hits the surface of the Earth every minute is greater than the total amount of energy that the world’s population consumes in a year”

   - Home Power Magazine



“The two basic things to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk”

   - Dustin Hoffman



“I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun’s energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago”

   - George Porter



“Just living is not enough.. one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower”

   - Hans Christian Anderson



“We destroy the beauty of the countryside because the un-appropriated splendors of nature have no economic value. We are capable of shutting off the sun and the stars because they do not pay a dividend”

   - John Maynard Keynes (Mr Keynes would be very happy to know that you are now able to enjoy the splendor of sunshine and get a dividend too !)

 


"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait till oil and coal run out before we tackle that"

   - Thomas Edison



“Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy.  It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it”
   - Robert Adams