Download or read book Super-Powered Earth written by Benita Sen and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not just plants that use the sun's energy to make their food. So can we. And we can do much, much more. From Roman baths to modern-day spacecrafts, we have found ways to use the sun's light and heat. Yet, even today, we are able to capture only 1 per cent of this energy. Find out how we can make the most of the sun, and why that's important for our planet.