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Looks like Cove ran into some powerful opposition in NYC. "Like the coal and oil, water power is not within the reach of the average man. If he is to use it in
by 8bitsrule 4y ago
Looks like Cove ran into some powerful opposition in NYC.
"Like the coal and oil, water power is not within the reach of the average man. If he is to use it in the future he must buy it from the capitalist as he does now from the coal baron or the oil king. It is difficult, however, to see how any commercial corporation or combination can monopolize the direct rays of the sun." (Quote attributed to Winthrop Packard, 1909. See Ref#19 in [0])
[0] Title:George Cove's Solar Energy Device. Author:Dennis Bartels. Footnotes: [https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17744/22231 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17744...]
- int_19h 4y agoAh, the naivete. Turns out that all you need to do is pay the government to do it for you. Some states make it outright illegal to disconnect from the power grid, for example.