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If the First Solar Entrepreneur Hadn’t Been Kidnapped, Would Fossil Fuels Have Dominated the 20th Century the Way They Did?

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Modern Electric magazine highlighted how “given two days’ sun… [the device] will store sufficient electrical energy to light an ordinary house for a week”. The condition for his release required forgoing his solar patent and shutting down the company. Solar pioneer George Cove also patented an early tidal power device.