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Old 06-04-2017, 01:36 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Forgot the Nuclear plant was making 8 times the power of Topaz solar so the land use of a comparable solar farm would be 200km^2
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Solar and wind are just not realistically dense enough. People just do not take into consideration the immense amount of power being consumed. 2.7 TeraWatt continuous electric. 17 TeraWatt continuous total energy...
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Too much focus on generating capacity; not enough on conservation.
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