[Greenbuilding] Electrical Generation

[Corwyn]

On Jan 08, 2008, at 22:54, Donald Eyermann wrote:
> I saw a U.S. Department of Energy calculation that 100 square miles of 
> solar
> Photo Voltaics could supply the entire electrical needs of the U.S.

I think this should be 100 miles square (i.e. 10,000 square miles).

But before you go thinking that is unobtainable, it is 1/4 of the area 
we have covered with blacktop.

>  and in
> Europe, Germany is already doing it. They are actually paying their 
> citizens
> to install solar systems onto their homes.

I think Germany is paying a premium for solar electricity (3 times the 
going rate).  Thus people are installing solar systems to take 
advantage of this.  Some states in the US are looking at this as well.

> Add some good vertical spindle windmill or wind turbines and you can
> continue to have hydro electric plants...and how about some tidal
> dams/turbines that spin turbines based on the daily orbit of the moon.

You mean, of course, daily spin of the earth.  Sorry to nit pick.


Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn


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