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To: koan who wrote (79950)	6/9/2008 5:49:28 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 116555

To get 1,000 MW electrical - Method Investment needed; Photovoltaic 100 km2 @ 10% efficiency (40 sq. miles) Windmills 6,660 wind turbines @ 150 kW (20 m blades) 666 wind turbines @ 1.5 MW (40 m blades) Biogas 7,143,000 cows 60,000,000 pigs 800,000,000 chickens Bioalcohol 6,200 km2 of sugar beets (2,400 sq. miles) 7,400 km2 of potatoes (2,800 sq. miles) 16,100 km2 of corn (6,200 sq. miles) 272,000 km2 of wheat (104,00 sq. miles) Bio-oil 24,000 km2 of rapeseed (9,000 sq. miles) Biomass 30,000 km2 of wood (12,000 sq. miles) U. Mich.-Schwank