ABSTRACT

Roman mythology holds that humans obtained Žre from the gods on Mount Olympus to meet their needs for light and heat. In much of today’s industrialized world, the use of electricity has edged out Žre for these age-old needs. However, the convenient use of electricity is now faced with increasing cost and concerns about the availability and environmentalconsequences of the fuels that are needed to produce it. Can those Roman gods again come to mankind’s aid?