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To: russet who wrote (23417)	9/15/2010 7:51:10 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86352

Sunlight hitting the dark discs could power the whole world: If you ignore redundancy needs, transmission losses, and future growth in needs. And when you look at the world map those dark disks don't look so big. But they are huge. Add up the "required area" for all of them and its almost as much area as Pakistan. Add in more for the factors I mention above, and your probably up to about the size of at least Mexico. Can you imagine trying to cover ALL OF MEXICO with solar cells or solar thermal equipment? Ignoring the land cost and economic disruption how much do you think that would cost?