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To: SteveinTX who wrote (4990)	6/24/2008 8:28:04 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16955

Here are my sources: "PV technology can meet electricity demand on any scale. The solar energy resource in a 100-mile-square area of Nevada could supply the United States with all its electricity (about 800 gigawatts) using modestly efficient (10%) commercial PV modules." www1.eere.energy.gov Size of Mojave: nationalgeographic.com "50,400 square miles" So if it takes is a 100 mile-square, or 10,000 square mile, area to get all the energy we need to supply all of the US, then that is 20% of the Mojave Desert area. A smarter plan would be to put solar panels on every roof in America, so that energy supplies are distributed to where the energy is used.