Chapter 4 – Solar Craze – Long Story Short: A Collection of Stories by Hal Gunardson

Hal’s View of the Problem: Solar Power

WARNING – The following is a dispassionate discussion of the practical limitations of alternative energy without any influence from feelings or wishful thinking. There is a finite limit to the amount of energy input. Solar radiation at the earth’s surface is limited to a certain quantity of energy per unit area. On a cloudless sunnyContinue reading “Hal’s View of the Problem: Solar Power”

Crazy Solar Hippy

<Jill Gunardson-Johnston Post> The last Long Story Short blog post featured a number of memories on the solar projects my dad was part of. He noted about the crazy solar hippies that they set up next to at a conference. After some research, I was able to find out additional information about this group. QuiteContinue reading “Crazy Solar Hippy”

Part Time Night Job – The Solar Craze

First oil crisis – October 1973 – Nixon Administration The first oil crisis was a result of the Arab-Israeli war in 1969. Arab nations refused to export crude oil to nations supporting Israel and by October 1973 the price of crude oil had risen from $10 per barrel to almost $50 per barrel. The shortageContinue reading “Part Time Night Job – The Solar Craze”