Wednesday, September 09, 2009 (Plugging Into the Sun)

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There’s a great article in the September 2009 National Geographic titled Plugging Into the Sun by George Johnson.

The total power needs of the humans on Earth is approximately 16 terawatts… The sunsunshine on the solid part of the Earth is 120,000 terawatts. Energy from the sun is virtually unlimited.

The first solar revolution 30 years ago fizzled, but at some point this stuff has got to stick.

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