The More Things Change...
"If coal were expended, people might fall back upon solar energy in the shape of evaporation, winds, or tides. The tidal wave might, perhaps, be utilized in an island country, facing the Atlantic Ocean, but the enormous area of tidal basin that would have to be constructed would be a serious difficulty. The suggestion that the sun's rays might be accumulated in a focus, by means of gigantic lenses, and that steam-boilers should be erected in such foci, is, Dr. Siemens fears, hardly practicable in a country like England where the sun is rarely seen and little felt."
— New York Times, Oct. 14, 1873
— New York Times, Oct. 14, 1873
So, does this debunk the "myth" that solar energy is "new" technology?
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