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Should We Solar Panel The Sahara?

30/12/2015 GMT

The Inquiry: Should We Solar Panel the Sahara?

BBC World Service - The Essential, The Inquiry: Should We Solar Panel the Sahara?

Nuclear physicist Gerhard Knies explains his startlingly simple idea.

Harvesting the sun’s power where it shines brightest, in the Sahara Desert, could reduce global demand for fossil fuels. A lot. In this excerpt of The Inquiry, nuclear physicist Gerhard Knies explains how it could work.

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