Quote of the week ---- 02-12-14

When I teach my 101 Geology course I use this example.

It is in a closed room with no windows so I can hold up a piece of bituminous coal, explain how it is a solar battery and point to the lights in the room as proof that it works like a charm and is not just some philosophical construct:

I refer to it as ‘stored sunlight’.

Tom G(ologist)