T h e B u s in e s s Of D a ir y POWERING THROUGH HISTORY “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. …I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope that we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” Those were the fortuitous words Thomas Edison said to automobile giant Henry Ford back in the early 1930s. Clearly, Edison’s vision was spot on, even if it took 80 years to realize. Edison, known for inventing the light bulb, a battery system for electric cars and the first steamdriven power station, clearly understood the power of the sun long before others and also had concerns about potential problems with coal and fossil fuels. (Source: “Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh” by James Newton.)
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