Henrik Leandro Laukholm Solli
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Solarpanels
In the spring of 1954, the media eagerly gathered around the latest creation of Bell Laboratories—an innovative silicon-based solar cell capable of efficiently converting solar energy into electricity. This invention was hailed as the beginning of a new era, with journalists proclaiming that society would soon be powered by the unlimited energy of the sun. However, there was a significant drawback: the initial commercially available solar cell cost a staggering $300 per watt, making it prohibitively expensive for the average consumer to power their home. To achieve this, one would have to spend well over a million dollars on a unit of sufficient size.
By Henrik Leandro Laukholm Solli3 years ago in Earth
Murder in Rwanda
During a period of 100 days in 1994, the African nation of Rwanda experienced a horrifying wave of mass murder. The violence tore communities apart as neighbor turned against neighbor, resulting in the deaths of more than one-tenth of the country's population.
By Henrik Leandro Laukholm Solli3 years ago in Criminal
