Documentary Description
If it were up to the sun, we would have no energy problem. Every
half hour on the Earth’s surface, there is more than enough light to
provide energy needs for the whole world in a year. We don’t have an
energy problem, we have a conversion problem. If we are able to harvest
sunlight in smart way, then we can prevent a global energy crisis.
That sounds nice but that does not mean it will succeed, at least that
is what many different bodies want us to believe. It’s too expensive,
takes too much space, too much material, it costs more energy than it
brings, and it is still not efficient enough. While all these doubts
play a role for solar energy in the distant future, it is still a
marginal player in the global energy game.
Back-light takes the edge off these myths and shows that a solar
economy is much closer than we think. Next year, there are already
rolling Giga Watts of solar cells on the conveyor belt. The industry
has mastered the technology and the machines.
Radical German government measures have proved that it is possible.
Villagers have completely installed solar power on empty lands. Power
stations contribute to the network and where they are deserved. Many
countries follow the German example: The Americans have their Grand
Solar Plan and the French President Sarkozy is talking about a solar
plan with the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. According to
the Spanish electricity producers, oil companies will be left out. So
what energy crisis? The sun is coming!
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