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Materials science as key enabler for clean energy transition

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If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. Improved energy management in buildings (e) and widespread diffusion of electric vehicles (f) are decreasing our carbon footprint. Where are we heading? Renewable energy future.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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But that might be mitigated, in theory, if space solar displaced fossil fuels and helped the world transition to clean electricity. Space Solar Power at Peak Hype—Again For decades, enthusiasm for the possibility of drawing limitless, mostly clean power from the one fusion reactor we know works reliably—the sun—has run hot and cold.

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