Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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