“Every town or city has a vast expanse of roof exposed to the sun. There is no reason why we should not use the roofs of our houses to install solar apparatus to catch and store the heat received from the sun. Solar heat [can be used].... to heat a liquid and store the liquid in an insulated tank... applying even the Thermos bottle principle of a partial vacuum around the tank.” (1914)
“Coal and oil are......strictly limited in quantity. We can take coal out of a mine but we can never put it back.”
“What shall we do when we have no more coal or oil?”
“[ The unchecked burning of fossil fuels] would have a sort of greenhouse effect.”
“The net result is the greenhouse becomes a sort of hot-house.”(1917).
-- He was pretty much on the button I'd say.
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“Every town or city has a vast expanse of roof exposed to the sun. There is no reason why we should not use the roofs of our houses to install solar apparatus to catch and store the heat received from the sun. Solar heat [can be used].... to heat a liquid and store the liquid in an insulated tank... applying even the Thermos bottle principle of a partial vacuum around the tank.” (1914) “Coal and oil are......strictly limited in quantity. We can take coal out of a mine but we can never put it back.” “What shall we do when we have no more coal or oil?” “[ The unchecked burning of fossil fuels] would have a sort of greenhouse effect.” “The net result is the greenhouse becomes a sort of hot-house.”(1917). -- He was pretty much on the button I'd say.