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...Pont is in a race with Germany's Hoechst and Britain's ICI, among others, to develop replacement chemicals for ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs). Germany's Siemens is vying with such firms as Amoco in the U.S. and Sanyo in Japan to produce cheap, efficient solar electric cells...
...years earlier than most other countries -- and called for a 25% to 30% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010. The government is investing heavily, having spent $90 million since 1974 on development of recyclable, high-efficiency batteries for electric cars and planning annual outlays of $182 million on solar-wind- and wave-energy research. Last year a government-support ed, high- speed train called ice started whizzing between Hamburg and Munich...
...ride to our final stop, I asked Aaron if that solar system was saving the owners money or not. He said, "Well, the economics are tough. You have to really want to go solar. If all the parts were mass-produced it would be a lot cheaper, but Jim has to make all of that equipment custom...
...house itself is an American mini-castle--half Aspen lodge, half Newport mansion. The solar heating in this house is a mere incidental, just one of Will's many idiosynchrosies. When Will had the house built a year ago, price was not an issue. Down stairs, there is one of those indoor swimming pools where you swim in one place and the water gets pumped by you. Sort of like walking on a treadmill, but more trendy...
...with us again; he had done the solar work here as well. By this point I had had about enough lecturing on solar power for one day. There was the same copper tank in the basement and the same talk about thermal efficiency, floor radiant and sweat equity...