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Old 10-11-2008, 07:20 PM   #73 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Hi,

If PV was on every roof, that would be the definition of a distributed grid.
I am getting tired of arguing in circles, you state that we could power the U.S. with X% of nevada converted to solar. What you are doing is cherry picking the best locales for generation and trying to paint the rest of the country as equivalent sites. You dont get it both ways, you either generate where it is favourable and transport the power or you generate everywhere including very unfavourable locations and watch your costs skyrocket because you just halved or worse to your duty cycles. At best you are stuck with both because less people live in the strong generating areas, how much of NY do you have to cover to power NY?
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