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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cove > Cove accused a former investor, Frederick W. Huestis of organizing the ki
by tetris11 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cove
> Cove accused a former investor, Frederick W. Huestis of organizing the kidnapping. After the kidnapping, the business shuttered
I do like the WhatIf? angle of the article, though it would have been nice to see a graph with actual solar trends vs the author's whatif trend. Still, placing the nexus point of Solar/Oil 20 years earlier doesn't seem that impressive, given the 40 year headstart.
Link to the thought experiment:
https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-10/How-the-kidnapping-of-a-solar-energy-pioneer-impacted-the-cost-of-renewable-energy-and-the-climate-crisis.pdf https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-10...