Word: jhirad
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...editorial entitled "Sun Day Sermon" (Crimson, May 1), Dr. David Jhirad, Acting Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), was misquoted as having said that solar energy could provide for the entire energy needs of the United States before the end of the century. The error was mine. In fact, on the basis of a comprehensive two-year study performed by Dr. Jhirad and his colleagues, Dr. Jhirad concludes that aggressive implementation of the solar option (encouraged by federal purchasing programs and tax incentives), combined with efficient fossil-fuel use, could result in solar energy providing one-quarter...
...national celebration of solar resources scheduled this week in place of Wednesday. Locally, films, exhibits, demonstrations and picnics at and around MIT and the Boston Museum of Science will present the myriad possibilities for solar energy development. There will also be a speech at Harvard by David Jhirad of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who will discuss the potential of alternative energy sources...
According to Jhirad, solar energy could provide 100 per cent of U.S. energy needs within 25 years. His position received support from a recent report of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, which concluded that electricity from one-site solar systems could be cost-competitive with that from utilities "within ten to 15 years...
...addition to Tuttle and Weinrub, two other Harvard scientists, David J. Jhirad, instructor in Astronomy, and Richard J. Paul, a graduate student at the Medical School, presented papers at the student symposium...