Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Daniel Schnitzer

American Founder and Executive Director of EarthSpark International distributing cheap solar-charged lamps and energy-efficient stoves and pay-as-you-go "micro-grid" in impoverished Haiti, his research focuses on solutions to increasing the utilization of renewable energy in the United States electricity sector

"I'd realized there was a fundamental problem in the way we produce and consume energy... Energy is something that's really come to the forefront for the country, and for young people."