The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-02
sun OFFERS FOOD
AND FUEL; HOPE
TO TAP It SOON
IHardshipls Due for All Man
kind If Effort Fails,
Belief.
BY David Dietz
.NEA SerwicA Writer,


QCopyrigl1t, 1925, NEA Service. Tnci
The future happiness OF our great
grandchildren lies III The sun. This
is the opinion of leading STUDENTS Cd
the population problem. These
students see a world i'm rob years or
so which will be crowded TO capacity
unless science comes to the rescue
with new ways of feeding it and
furnishing it power.
Without these new methods, the
world will be filed when the popula.
fion reaches 5000 million. With the
new methods, "a population OF 10000
million would mot be crowded.
And It is In the sun, scientists be
1ieve, that salvation lies.
The scientist hopes to make direct
a1se OF the suns energy.
Food From the Air
Many studies are now under way
to learn how this may be done.
The process by which trees and
plants grow has been named photo
sSynt1aesis, The plants. with the lid
Cof sunlight, take the carbon dioxide
out Sof the air and turn 1t Into the
carbohydrates of thelr ,ssHsstfes,
An Intensive study OF photosyn.
thesis IS going doh az The plant
lplrysf6aogy Iaboratories OF the Car.
fnests Institution. DE-. D. Il. Mac
Doligal is director OF these
laboratories, sat tucson, -Ark,, and
CARMEL, Gal.
Even8ually, st is hoped IT win be
spossibEs TO duplicate the process,
When thai day arnswes, 1T wil be
,5oossfbte to build food factories out
on chs deserts where tho sunlight
is strongest
Tlts scientist also hopes TO utilize
more directly $he energy OF sun
dfg2ts
Sun Td1n1ps Water
-NeAr GAiro, Egypt, "a SOLAR sengine
iAs being used TO pump water from
"a wFsil. 1t 5is "a steam engine. Mirrors
concentrate J1fs SUMS light oh the
sscitsr and heat its vmater TO the boil.
ing point.
Mt Mt Wilson, Cal, DIR. c, G.
abbot built what he ca1ls a solar
asO6lfes- It b "a STOVE which utilities
Rlfs SUMS eenargy. The top of the
sstoMs lis "a srseserwoir oof oil. The >oil
flowss DOWN Through "a pipe which
1hss seaboSas "a curved sniirFos.
Ittes ,1iirFer ocentsrs tile SUMS rays
un 3zas pipe, heating the oil inside.
I11sS As1ssarattfs sss SO arranged that
81fs hfsdtsh COLL oson sssfn AT Hhe top
off tt1es rsaraedfr. Ass O result suffi-
acAaftt lffsa1 IS obtaftsd I'D make cook
ing ,lSnssfhie-
sOtffsr Sources
M1aes area a5fso a1faer SOURCES OF
asffsrgy wM1it6h T1fs ssefanfHt hopes TO
ttap esssn91sa1ls.
"a sst1ti3y OF tho elsr91anfty In tho
ssztfhaB afn1nsf'lfsre ts being made.
Ert is Known %11at atmospheric cleo
nrtfnfty sfsathes "a notatttR cof about q
ndfttun wotts AIT "a fsw ,11ilss above
91ts earthss Surface.
I'M cot1tar words THE aafr Ia fu1l or
aaEentTdcttE. Ittfs snhai1tfst hopes
asnnne (day txo ifnd "a way TO ga4t iii dottt-
AnDflHar psosstbhs Sscuufcs OF ener-
sly Ifss In d1ee a1ons of rrfattac. Az
strr1n1rars fsal ae1statn tndRy %f1at
nn1nstl off t41es ENERGY or o1t1r strn b
tdrHs ttD t4ffs ttralfsforrfatf or hydro
sgan sfrfto l1fs1i,1n within $ffs sun.
Tffsy Thirik tthat IF we could find
"a way sto duplicate t1fat process fffa
esrtsrssv srsdbsasad by turning a pint
-s2 hydrogen into he1iurn would be
ssatfffntsrtt to- dfrfve IAN ocean liner
sacroas et1rs -Kflarttc.