#知识创作人第七季 #
#给孩子的科普 #
Today I'm going to tell a not-so-distant historical story about solar energy.
I have previously introduced solar energy as a new energy source from the perspective of technology and its development history.
We also know that the issue of energy is by no means just a technical one, but always accompanied by political and economic considerations.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > games that come and go fast</h1>
Now let's take a look at the once-high enthusiasm for solar energy in the history of the United States, which energy historians call a "solar development game" because it is really like a game, interest comes quickly, everyone has fun, but in the end it is just a game, there is no substantive result.
The person who led the Americans to play this game was U.S. President Carter.
If you've seen a video clip of President Carter climbing onto the roof of the White House with his wife on June 20, 1979, you'll think, well, that's the usual American style, high profile, passion, and way of acting is always inflammatory.
President Carter climbed to the roof to tell Americans that the American people had once again made the greatest and most exciting groundbreaking move, which was to turn "sunshine that no one could stop" into hot water.
Yes, the White House spent $28,000 to install the first solar hot water system.
Standing high on the roof of the White House, President Carter passionately announced his ambitious goal of making solar energy account for twenty percent of U.S. energy consumption by 2000.
Many people have the impression that they are too big to use energy in the United States.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > big Americans? </h1>
Why did Carter turn to sunshine for help? What happened to the oil that has always been treated extravagantly in the United States?
Yes, when Carter was in office, there was an oil crisis, the Arab world fully implemented an oil embargo, the Americans began to panic, and it was obviously impossible to use oil and rely on oil as much as before.
The Carter administration came up with the idea of vigorously developing solar energy.
The president's call quickly turned it all into a carnival of opportunities, or a game of treasure hunting.
Many entrepreneurs and tech people got involved, and think about how attractive President Carter's promise on the roof of the White House was, waving his hand and saying, "In the next year, the government is going to spend $1 billion to push for solar energy." ”
Billion dollars! At that time, it was a big and big piece of bread. Americans began to use the sprint speed to join the ranks of solar energy development, and in less than a year, more than a thousand companies were registered with the Solar Energy Industry Association.
However, the game only played an opening game and ended hastily.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why does the "game" end hastily? </h1>
The game's promoter, President Carter," paid a hefty political price for his passion for solar energy. He was defeated by Reagan the following year, and with his solar program, he left the American political scene and the solar dream of the Americans who had just been awakened by him.
The sun is always in the sky, unaffected. However, Americans are always easily affected by energy issues, and when the supply of oil is tight, they will shout out loud - new energy and new energy! When they turned their heads, the oil problem was solved, and they forgot everything.
By the way, what makes President Carter and the solar dream untenable is, of course, also this.
Americans in 1980 discovered that oil prices had plummeted! Continue to enjoy the oil in a big way, there is no problem at all, ah, then do you still need to trouble solar energy?