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OK, let's think a little about #solarpunk , #SolarEnergy , #FrankShuman and #AlternateHistory for a moment, which can also let us to some #WorldBuilding .
What if Frank Shuman's work in #Egypt in 1913 led us to a more sustainable world, with less contamination and a more rational use of our natural resources?
Perhaps our world would be better today...
We have proved the commercial profit of sun power in the tropics and have more particularly proved that after our stores of oil and coal are exhausted the human race can receive unlimited power from the rays of the sun.
— Frank Shuman, New York Times, July 2, 1916
What do you think about this? Should we consider this a #LostOpportunity ?
Could you think about how our world would be today?
More information in the following links:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shuman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shuman
https://hemauerkeller.land/cms/en/sun-1913/
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/07/02/104680095.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Electrical_Experimenter,_Volume_3.pdf&page=643