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Harnessing the Sun (1981)
100 min | Documentary, Drama

Harnessing the Sun (1981)

100 min | Documentary, Drama

A Docudrama, "Harnessing The Sun" explores the applications and developments in utilizing Solar Energy to benefit mankind, and the planet Earth. Academy Award Nominee ("Only When I Laugh") Joan Hackett, and an expert cast, reveal the ...See moreA Docudrama, "Harnessing The Sun" explores the applications and developments in utilizing Solar Energy to benefit mankind, and the planet Earth. Academy Award Nominee ("Only When I Laugh") Joan Hackett, and an expert cast, reveal the unique and increasingly important uses of Solar Energy. An outgrowth of Writer/Director Dirk Summers' Award winning "Survival of Spaceship Earth," "Harnessing The Sun" explores the nine categories of Solar Energy: Active; Passive; Wind Power; Biomas; Photovoltaics; OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion); Hydropower; Satellite Power Systems; and Thermal. And as Joan Hackett says in her closing scene of "Harnessing The Sun," "We must embrace the sun. To ignore it is to commit planetary suicide." Written by Jacqueline Green See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Hackett Self Self See fewer	The Last of Sheila (1973)
Dirk Wayne Summers Self - Director Self - Director See fewer	The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986)
Carl Hodges Self Self See fewer	Arnold's Wrecking Co. (1973)
Steven J. Strong Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Denis Hayes Self Self See fewer	I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Lynn Northrup Jr. Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Alvin E. Hildebrandt Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Floyd Blake Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
John F. Long Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Barbara Euser Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
David L. Collins Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Richard L. Burns Self Self See fewer	Harnessing the Sun (1981)
Peter E. Glaser Self Self See fewer	The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021)
Jon Masters Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Our Voices Ourselves (1982)

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