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Can We Run The World Off The Sun?

Cash-strapped utility companies are beginning to reconsider the strengths of solar energy. According to ex-NASA engineer O. Glenn Smith, solar-panel satellites could gather massive amounts of energy and beam it to earth for the price electricity costs now. He tells Alex Chadwick that NASA should pay for the research.

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