Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...event, which was sponsored by the City Council, also featured a display of solar-powered cars from MIT, and a 70-foot tree made from recycled paper bags. At the "kid's corner," youngsters played in a sand box and got their faces painted as their parents sampled the wide spectrum of foodstuffs available, which included baked goods, meat items and algae...
...Cambridge kids' dance and singing group Kic-It performed a number called "The Sunshine Song" for on-lookers. "So be kind to the flowers, turn on the solar power, 'cuz sunshine is for free," sang the group of half-a-dozen elementary school students...
...perhaps it would rather do something else entirely. Environmentalists call for harnessing such renewable resources as wind and solar power and retrofitting homes and offices to use electricity more efficiently. The only trouble is that, according to the National Academy of Sciences report, "alternative energy technologies are unable currently or in the near future to replace fossil fuels as the major electricity source for this country. If fossil fuels had to be replaced now as the primary source of electricity, nuclear power appears to be the most technically feasible alternative...
...that will use low-grade silicon instead of more expensive higher grades to make photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Says Robert Dietch, a Southern Cal Edison vice president: "This has the potential to be the type of breakthrough technology we've all been looking for in the solar industry...
...week's mission, however, did not settle the ongoing debate about the value of manned spaced flights. NASA officials have long insisted that human crews are vital because even the most sophisticated robots lack the ability to respond to unexpected situations. If the U.S. is serious about exploring the solar system, they say, unmanned probes to distant celestial bodies must be followed by missions involving humans...