We all know the enormous power of
the sun, we can't even look at the sun without hurting our eyes (A bit
like this web page!), but how do we harness the suns power?
- We could try emulating it.
We already do that with nuclear power but we can't work
out how to get rid of its by-products safely yet. Maybe
in a few hundred years time.
- We could use the stored
energy it has created here on earth. We do that with
fossil fuels but we can't work out how to dispose of its
by-products economically yet. And probably never will.
- Wouldn't it be cool if we
could convert its energy as it arrives at our planet
directly into electricity with some sort of fantastic
transducer! We do that with solar panels
but...um...they're not economically viable yet?? Yes they
are! And have been for years, read on...