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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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Britain was behind the United States when it came to laser research, and it took time to acquire such an expensive piece of equipment. As he told an interviewer in 1975, “Our future, both from a food and an energy point of view, may well have to depend largely on photochemistry applied to solar energy. www.youtube.com.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ? but not all of it.

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