Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy (repost)
Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy
Island Press | 2007-10-01 | ISBN: 1597263826 | 548 pages | PDF | 1,45 MB
Island Press | 2007-10-01 | ISBN: 1597263826 | 548 pages | PDF | 1,45 MB
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America’s Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet. The nation that built the world’s most powerful rockets, its most advanced computers, and its most sophisticated life support systems is ready to create the world’s most powerful solar energy systems, its most advanced wind energy turbines, and its most sophisticated hybrid cars. This will result in nothing less than a second American Revolution. Who are the dreamers in California who believe they can use mirrors and liquid metal to wring more electricity from a ray of sunshine than anyone else on earth can?