4 September 09
How many solar panels would it take to power the entire planet?

Gizmodo has produced an infographic which shows that 496,805 square kilometers of surface area would do the trick. Click through to see the graphic in full size.

(via: psfk)

How many solar panels would it take to power the entire planet?

Gizmodo has produced an infographic which shows that 496,805 square kilometers of surface area would do the trick. Click through to see the graphic in full size.

(via: psfk)

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    The thing I fucking hate about the Australian Governments approach to the Impending Energy Shortage of Doom is that...
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    An interesting result, one that’s come up several times in the past few years. An entirely reasonable engineering...
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    Solar power is by far the cheapest, most abundant, and least disruptive alternative energy source to pursue. Wind and...
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    Yeah, I’m gonna say that the toxic waste dump you’ll need for the byproducts of generating all those panels will be the...
  13. thephenthouse reblogged this from ohryankelley and added:
    Very interesting, but I’m a little suspicious of the truthiness.
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    Is this for reals?
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    This seems somewhat reasonable. Odd.
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