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The kidnapping of solar inventor George Cove

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Inventor George Cove invented household solar panels in 1905. He was kidnapped and forced to give up his solar patent. Cove refused and was later released near Bronx Zoo. After this incident, his solar business fizzled out. In a world in which Cove succeeded and solar competed with fossil fuels, it would have trumped coal by as early as 1997.

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The kidnapping of solar inventor George Cove

After his 1909 kidnapping, George Cove’s promising business fizzled out and solar power faltered, while coal and oil grew at an unprecedented pace

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The Narwhal broke the news in 2 years ago on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

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