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Old 05-17-2018, 01:00 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Well.... We have been through this on the other thread. Just because energy hits the earth, doesn't mean we can build out enough hardware to capture, transmit and store it. People have no concept how big the 17 TeraWatts we are currently blowing through is.
With about 10,000 sq km of solar, with storage - would alone be enough to power the ENTIRE US grid. Cover large roofs, and parking areas, and capped land fills - and I am sure we could get much more than we need.

Add wind (land and off shore) and wave, tidal, biomass, geothermal - and we can get as much as 16X the energy we need.

Here's a plan to do 100% renewable energy: Our 100% Clean Energy Vision - The Solutions Project

This will pay for itself in short order with big reductions in health problems, and reduced premature deaths; never mind climate change.
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