How to cope with energy needs which are constantly to grow at a rapid pace since the beginning of the industrial revolution?
This very interesting issue of "Way to See" helps us better understand different aspects of this problem more than ever ... 
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"" In six hours, the deserts in the world receive more energy than it consumes humanity in a year. "This quote that encourages dreams adorns the website of the foundation Desertec intercontinental project that includes the Gulf, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe within a massive network of production renewable energy by specialized geographical environments: solar panels in the desert wind on the coast, dams in the mountains ... All connected by a skein power lines with high capacity.
Utopia dazzling that we will not forget this fact: one third of humanity still uses only wood and charcoal for food, heat and work. "
( extract from the Editorial Philippe and Pierre Rimbert Rekacewicz)
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"The industry uses a lot of intangibles: water and electricity quantities such as the data is classified at the level of trade secret. Cool machines require much energy than the calculation procedure themselves. The energy consumption of the largest server farms now competes with that of an aluminum smelter. "
(excerpt from an article by Hervé Le Crosnier" Internet, a heavy industry)
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