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 Posted: Mon Apr 14th, 2008 09:14 pm
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Joe Kelley

 

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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/14/solar_electric_thermal/

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Certainly we will need many different technologies to stop global warming. They include electric cars and plug-in hybrids, wind turbines and solar photovoltaics, which use sunlight to make electricity from solid-state materials like silicon semiconductors. Yet after speaking with energy experts and seeing countless presentations on all forms of clean power, I believe the one technology closest to being a silver bullet for global warming is the other solar power: solar thermal electric, which concentrates the sun's rays to heat a fluid that drives an electric generator.