Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Chachra, an engineering prof and materials scientist, offers a mind-altering ...
Chachra, an engineering prof and materials scientist, offers a mind-altering reframing of the question of energy: we have a *material* problem, not an *energy* problem. If we could capture a mere *0.4%* of the sun's rays that strike the Earth, we could give every person on the planet the energy budget of a Canadian (like an American, only colder).
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