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Politics : Welcome to Slider's Dugout

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To: Mannie who wrote (8500)3/18/2008 8:55:16 AM
From: crdesign  Read Replies (1) of 50713
 
Beautiful image Scott!

Geotherm & Wind can supply all the power demanded by our country...the only solar power needed is the solar energy to grow our food.

Although I heard on NPR this week "100 square miles of Solar panels could satisfy all of the nations energy needs."

I'm a little skeptical about that figure but even if it took 1000 or 10,000 SM that's not a terribly huge amount of space to contain our energy needs in the US.

2000 US Census Bureau
Geography QuickFacts USA
Land area, (square miles) 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 79.6


quickfacts.census.gov

Tim
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