Crossing the Solar Energy Finish Line

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 16, 2018

Varun Sivaram, fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations, affiliated with Columbia, Stanford and Georgetown and the author of Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet (MIT Press, 2018), says more investment and innovation is needed to fully tap the potential of solar energy and move away from reliance on fossil fuels.

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