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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (36243)	12/7/2012 11:41:27 AM
From: No Mo Mo	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

"we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy – sun, wind, and tide…" These guys look at everything from total global demand, to distribution to resource availability to policy. It can be done, if we choose to. ------------------------------------------------------- Providing all global energy with wind, water,and solar power, Part I: Technologies,energy resources, quantities and areas of infrastructure, and materials Mark Z.Jacobson a,n, Mark A. Delucchi b,1 a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University,Stanford,CA94305-4020,USA b Institute of Transportation Studies,University of California at Davis,Davis,CA95616,USA Article history: Received 3September2010 Accepted 22November2010 Available online30December2010 a b s t r a c t Climate change, pollution,and energy insecurity are among the greatest problems of our time. Addressing them requires major changes in our energy infrastructure. Here, we analyze the feasibility of providing world wide energy for all purposes (electric power, transportation, heating/cooling, etc.) from wind, water, and sunlight (WWS). Cntd.... sjsu.edu stanford.edu