Fridays With Joe - Week 17
August 8, 2008 – 3:34 pm
I was really intrigued this week by the news from MIT about the big advancements in solar power. We’ve been talking about alternative energy for so long, but to hear experts in the field say stuff like “a giant leap” and “enormous implications for the future prosperity of humankind” makes it seem like this is really going to work.
Besides the scientific aspect of it though, there are two things about this story that really stuck out to me. One, is the fact that the $10 million used to do the research was donated by one family. To me its cool to know that there are people out there using their money and resources to help make things better for the rest of us. I applaud the Chesonis family for their generosity and hope their example inspires others.
Secondly, I was impressed by the fact that the process they discovered for harnessing the solar power and being able to store it was based on the natural process of photosynthesis. To me this shows how important our natural world is, and how much thought and detail was put into every part of it. God had a plan and purpose for everything he put here, and the more we learn to understand the processes and functions of nature, the more sustainably and comfortably we’ll all be able to live.
-JH
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2 Responses to “Fridays With Joe - Week 17”
are you suggesting that there was a plan for Gods creation other than making paper and consuming oil? Interesting sounds like design.
By smurr on Aug 9, 2008
crazy huh?
By hunich on Aug 11, 2008