[ExI] Metric, was Home turbines

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:10:16PM -0700, hkhenson wrote:

> The metric I used to size a space elevator for building solar power 
> satellites was to displace all the coal burning power plants in the 
> US in one year.  That's 300 GW.

http://www.google.com/search?q=nanosolar+coal

Production costs are claimed to be at 0.3$/W.

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