Why don’t we have... SUN POWER

        September 1953 Modern Mechanix | United States | renewables: solar

Frank Tinsley compares solar to steam and atomic power and discusses solar energy experiments in Russia, France (Felix Trombe), and the US (Charles Abbot of the Smithsonian). One early CSP idea could produce 440,000 hph/acre per year. Noting that uranium is limited, he calls on Congress to find money to fund new sources of energy. (1,500 words)