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  Documenting the efforts of innovators and visionaries working on ways to promote sustainable growth and development.

• Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

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  Solar Energy and Middle East Peace

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  Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

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  Solar Energy and Middle East Peace

  Developing solar energy is part of the Israeli-Jordanian peace agreement, but the modest plans may be overwhelmed by market forces.

  Legend has it in the third century BC, the Greek scientist Archimedes devised a spectacular weapon to save the ancient city of Syracuse – a giant concave mirror that bounced concentrated sunbeams onto the sails of invading roman ships. The sails caught fire, the ships sank, and Syracuse was saved. This may have been the only time the sun was harnessed to wage war.

  But now, in the heart of the Middle East, the sun is a player in the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. Some say the sun will soon be harnessed in the service of peace. Others wonder if the peace process itself will undermine the prospects for developing clean solar power at a time when developing renewable energy is becoming more and more critical.

  Date

  September 1995

  Outlets

  All Things Considered

  Tags

  Themes: Economy, Environment, Peace & Conflict

  Regions: Middle East

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

  Other Tags: solar, energy, israel, jordan, solar power

• Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

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  The State of Solar Energy

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  Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

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  The State of Solar Energy

  In Israel, where developing alternative energy was always seen as a matter of survival, solar technology is pointing a way out of dependence on fossil fuels. Story produced in 1995.

  Nearly everyone agrees that fossil fuels will run out someday – some say we’ll start feeling the pinch within 30 years.

  Predictions of disastrous floods that global warming could bring to island nations like Japan, and to coastal areas of Europe and the United States, may force us to phase out petroleum-based fuels even faster.

  If so, are clean, renewable alternatives really viable? And can they be developed in time?

  In Israel, a Middle Eastern country with no oil or coal reserves, scientists have studied one option, solar energy, longer than anyone.

  Date

  Summer 1995

  Outlets

  Weekend Edition

  Tags

  Themes: Environment, Technology

  Regions: Middle East

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Alan Weisman, Sandy Tolan

  Other Tags: alternative energy, solar, israel, solar power, solar energy