Notable quote from Michael T. Klare, “Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy” pp. 261 (2009) Image credit: light-concentrating carbon nanotube rope, Geraldine Paulus (Strano Group) MIT published in journal article by J. Han et al., Nature Materials 9 pp. 833 - 839 (2010) Significance of paper by Han et al.: MIT chemical engineering group using carbon nanotubes were able to concentrate incident solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Their specially designed nanotubes are shaped into electromagnetic nano-antennas that capture and focus light energy; this feat is enabled by unique properties of collectively oscillating, entangled, many-body surface plasmon electron excitations that exist on the surfaces of such nanotubes

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“Make no mistake: Rising powers/shrinking planet is a dangerous
formula. Addressing the interlocking challenges of resource
competition, energy shortages, and climate change will be among
the most difficult problems facing the human community. If we
continue to extract and consume the planet's vital resources in
the same improvident fashion as in the past, we will, sooner
rather than later, transform the earth into a barely habitable scene
of desolation. And if the leaders of today's Great Powers behave
like those of previous epochs - relying on military instruments to
achieve their primary objectives - we will witness unending crisis
and conflict over what remains of value on our barren wasteland.”
Michael T. Klare, “Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy” pp. 261 (2009)
Image credit: light-concentrating carbon nanotube rope, Geraldine Paulus (Strano Group) MIT published in journal article
by J. Han et al., Nature Materials 9 pp. 833 - 839 (2010)
Significance: an MIT chemical engineering group using carbon nanotubes were able to concentrate incident solar
energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Their specially designed nanotubes are shaped into
electromagnetic nano-antennas that capture and focus light energy; this feat is enabled by unique properties of surface
plasmon electron excitations that exist on the surfaces of such nanotubes
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