‘Eventually industry will no longer find in Europe the resources to satisfy its prodigious expansion. Coal will undoubtedly be used up. What will industry do then?’
— Augustin Bernard Mouchot (1825-1912), French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power
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Thank you to Amanda Uren
With all the hubbub over high fuel prices and surcharges, we need more of this kind of thought and inventiveness.